Compute resource hijacking
Miners run on victim cloud compute
categoryCloud, container and supply chain attacksseverityHighdetectabilityLowlabnot yet measured
Example: LABRAT
Classification
28 values: 11 reviewed, 16 imported, 1 derived. What do these mean?
Exploitability
| Attack vector | Malware |
|---|---|
| Reach (CVSS) | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Attacker skill required | Low |
| Resources required | Low |
| Likelihood / prevalence | High |
| Maturity | Commoditized |
Impact & scope
| Severity | High |
|---|---|
| Impact | Availability |
| Platform | ContainersIaaSLinuxmacOSWindows |
| Environment | Cloud |
| Target asset class | Server |
| Kill-chain phase (tactic) | Impact |
Detection & telemetry
| Detectability | Low |
|---|---|
| Data sources (ATT&CK data components) | Container CreationHost StatusInstance StartNetwork Connection CreationNetwork Traffic ContentNetwork Traffic FlowProcess CreationScheduled Job Creation |
Detection & response
Detected by 1
- DET0540 attack-detection-strategy
Attack relationships
Framework references
- Primary source: https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1496/
- attack: T1496.001 (primary)
Evidence & sources
- ev-0001 (Cyber Attack Taxonomy) — Name, definition and Example/ID taken verbatim from the 'Cloud, container and supply chain attacks' table, line 393 of Cyber-Attack-Taxonomy.md
- ev-0002 (MITRE Enterprise ATT&CK v19.2 (STIX 2.1)) — ATT&CK usage prevalence: 14 groups/software/campaigns reference this technique (ATT&CK enterprise v19.2)