T1560.001 - Archive Collected Data: Archive via Utility

Description from ATT&CK

Adversaries may use utilities to compress and/or encrypt collected data prior to exfiltration. Many utilities include functionalities to compress, encrypt, or otherwise package data into a format that is easier/more secure to transport. Adversaries may abuse various utilities to compress or encrypt data before exfiltration. Some third party utilities may be preinstalled, such as tar on Linux and macOS or zip on Windows systems. On Windows, diantz or makecab may be used to package collected files into a cabinet (.cab) file. diantz may also be used to download and compress files from remote locations (i.e. [Remote Data Staging](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1074/002)).(Citation: diantz.exe_lolbas) xcopy on Windows can copy files and directories with a variety of options. Additionally, adversaries may use [certutil](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0160) to Base64 encode collected data before exfiltration. Adversaries may use also third party utilities, such as 7-Zip, WinRAR, and WinZip, to perform similar activities.(Citation: 7zip Homepage)(Citation: WinRAR Homepage)(Citation: WinZip Homepage)

Atomic Tests


Atomic Test #1 - Compress Data for Exfiltration With Rar

An adversary may compress data (e.g., sensitive documents) that is collected prior to exfiltration. When the test completes you should find the txt files from the %USERPROFILE% directory compressed in a file called T1560.001-data.rar in the %USERPROFILE% directory

Supported Platforms: Windows

auto_generated_guid: 02ea31cb-3b4c-4a2d-9bf1-e4e70ebcf5d0

Inputs:

| Name | Description | Type | Default Value | |——|————-|——|—————| | input_path | Path that should be compressed into our output file | path | %USERPROFILE%| | file_extension | Extension of files to compress | string | .txt| | output_file | Path where resulting compressed data should be placed | path | %USERPROFILE%\T1560.001-data.rar| | rar_installer | Winrar installer | path | %TEMP%\winrar.exe| | rar_exe | The RAR executable from Winrar | path | %programfiles%/WinRAR/Rar.exe|

Attack Commands: Run with 
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command_prompt
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"#{rar_exe}" a -r #{output_file} #{input_path}\*#{file_extension}

Cleanup Commands:

del /f /q /s #{output_file} >nul 2>&1

Dependencies: Run with 
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command_prompt
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Description: Rar tool must be installed at specified location (#{rar_exe})
Check Prereq Commands:
if not exist "#{rar_exe}" (exit /b 1)
Get Prereq Commands:
echo Downloading Winrar installer
bitsadmin /transfer myDownloadJob /download /priority normal "https://www.win-rar.com/fileadmin/winrar-versions/winrar/th/winrar-x64-580.exe" #{rar_installer}
#{rar_installer} /S



Atomic Test #2 - Compress Data and lock with password for Exfiltration with winrar

Note: Requires winrar installation rar a -p”blue” hello.rar (VARIANT)

Supported Platforms: Windows

auto_generated_guid: 8dd61a55-44c6-43cc-af0c-8bdda276860c

Inputs:

| Name | Description | Type | Default Value | |——|————-|——|—————| | rar_installer | Winrar installer | path | %TEMP%\winrar.exe| | rar_exe | The RAR executable from Winrar | path | %programfiles%/WinRAR/Rar.exe|

Attack Commands: Run with 
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command_prompt
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mkdir .\tmp\victim-files
cd .\tmp\victim-files
echo "This file will be encrypted" > .\encrypted_file.txt
"#{rar_exe}" a -hp"blue" hello.rar
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Dependencies: Run with 
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command_prompt
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Description: Rar tool must be installed at specified location (#{rar_exe})
Check Prereq Commands:
if not exist "#{rar_exe}" (exit /b 1)
Get Prereq Commands:
echo Downloading Winrar installer
bitsadmin /transfer myDownloadJob /download /priority normal "https://www.win-rar.com/fileadmin/winrar-versions/winrar/th/winrar-x64-580.exe" #{rar_installer}
#{rar_installer} /S



Atomic Test #3 - Compress Data and lock with password for Exfiltration with winzip

Note: Requires winzip installation wzzip sample.zip -s”blueblue” *.txt (VARIANT)

Supported Platforms: Windows

auto_generated_guid: 01df0353-d531-408d-a0c5-3161bf822134

Inputs:

| Name | Description | Type | Default Value | |——|————-|——|—————| | winzip_exe | Path to installed Winzip executable | path | %ProgramFiles%\WinZip\winzip64.exe| | winzip_url | Path to download Windows Credential Editor zip file | url | https://download.winzip.com/gl/nkln/winzip24-home.exe| | winzip_hash | File hash of the Windows Credential Editor zip file | string | B59DB592B924E963C21DA8709417AC0504F6158CFCB12FE5536F4A0E0D57D7FB|

Attack Commands: Run with 
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command_prompt
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path=%path%;"C:\Program Files (x86)\winzip"
mkdir .\tmp\victim-files
cd .\tmp\victim-files
echo "This file will be encrypted" > .\encrypted_file.txt
"#{winzip_exe}" -min -a -s"hello" archive.zip *
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Dependencies: Run with 
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powershell
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Description: Winzip must be installed
Check Prereq Commands:
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cmd /c 'if not exist "#{winzip_exe}" (echo 1) else (echo 0)'
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IEX(IWR "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/redcanaryco/invoke-atomicredteam/master/Public/Invoke-WebRequestVerifyHash.ps1" -UseBasicParsing)
New-Item -Type Directory "PathToAtomicsFolder\..\ExternalPayloads\" -ErrorAction Ignore -Force | Out-Null
if(Invoke-WebRequestVerifyHash "#{winzip_url}" "PathToAtomicsFolder\..\ExternalPayloads\winzip.exe" #{winzip_hash}){
  Write-Host Follow the installation prompts to continue
  cmd /c "PathToAtomicsFolder\..\ExternalPayloads\winzip.exe"
}



Atomic Test #4 - Compress Data and lock with password for Exfiltration with 7zip

Note: This test requires 7zip installation

Supported Platforms: Windows

auto_generated_guid: d1334303-59cb-4a03-8313-b3e24d02c198

Inputs:

| Name | Description | Type | Default Value | |——|————-|——|—————| | 7zip_installer | 7zip installer | path | %TEMP%\7zip.exe| | 7zip_exe | Path to installed 7zip executable | path | %ProgramFiles%\7-zip\7z.exe|

Attack Commands: Run with 
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command_prompt
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mkdir $PathToAtomicsFolder\T1560.001\victim-files
cd $PathToAtomicsFolder\T1560.001\victim-files
echo "This file will be encrypted" > .\encrypted_file.txt
"#{7zip_exe}" u archive.7z *txt -pblue
dir

Cleanup Commands:

rmdir /s /Q $PathToAtomicsFolder\T1560.001\victim-files >nul 2>&1

Dependencies: Run with 
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command_prompt
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Description: 7zip tool must be installed at specified location (#{7zip_exe})
Check Prereq Commands:
if not exist "#{7zip_exe}" (exit /b 1)
Get Prereq Commands:
echo Downloading 7-zip installer
bitsadmin /transfer myDownloadJob /download /priority normal "https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z2301-x64.exe" #{7zip_installer}
#{7zip_installer} /S



Atomic Test #5 - Data Compressed - nix - zip

An adversary may compress data (e.g., sensitive documents) that is collected prior to exfiltration. This test uses standard zip compression.

Supported Platforms: Linux, macOS

auto_generated_guid: c51cec55-28dd-4ad2-9461-1eacbc82c3a0

Inputs:

| Name | Description | Type | Default Value | |——|————-|——|—————| | input_files | Path that should be compressed into our output file, may include wildcards | path | /var/log/{w,b}tmp| | output_file | Path that should be output as a zip archive | path | $HOME/data.zip|

Attack Commands: Run with 
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sh
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zip #{output_file} #{input_files}

Cleanup Commands:

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rm -f #{output_file}

Dependencies: Run with 
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sh
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Description: Files to zip must exist (#{input_files})
Check Prereq Commands:
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if [ $(ls #{input_files} | wc -l) > 0 ] && [ -x $(which zip) ] ; then exit 0; else exit 1; fi;
Get Prereq Commands:
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(which yum && yum -y install epel-release zip)||(which apt-get && apt-get install -y zip)
echo Please set input_files argument to include files that exist



Atomic Test #6 - Data Compressed - nix - gzip Single File

An adversary may compress data (e.g., sensitive documents) that is collected prior to exfiltration. This test uses standard gzip compression.

Supported Platforms: Linux, macOS

auto_generated_guid: cde3c2af-3485-49eb-9c1f-0ed60e9cc0af

Inputs:

| Name | Description | Type | Default Value | |——|————-|——|—————| | input_file | Path that should be compressed | path | $HOME/victim-gzip.txt| | input_content | contents of compressed files if file does not already exist. default contains test credit card and social security number | string | confidential! SSN: 078-05-1120 - CCN: 4000 1234 5678 9101|

Attack Commands: Run with 
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sh
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test -e #{input_file} && gzip -k #{input_file} || (echo '#{input_content}' >> #{input_file}; gzip -k #{input_file})

Cleanup Commands:

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rm -f #{input_file}.gz



Atomic Test #7 - Data Compressed - nix - tar Folder or File

An adversary may compress data (e.g., sensitive documents) that is collected prior to exfiltration. This test uses standard gzip compression.

Supported Platforms: Linux, macOS

auto_generated_guid: 7af2b51e-ad1c-498c-aca8-d3290c19535a

Inputs:

| Name | Description | Type | Default Value | |——|————-|——|—————| | input_file_folder | Path that should be compressed | path | $HOME/$USERNAME| | output_file | File that should be output | path | $HOME/data.tar.gz|

Attack Commands: Run with 
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sh
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tar -cvzf #{output_file} #{input_file_folder}

Cleanup Commands:

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rm -f #{output_file}

Dependencies: Run with 
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sh
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Description: Folder to zip must exist (#{input_file_folder})
Check Prereq Commands:
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test -e #{input_file_folder}
Get Prereq Commands:
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mkdir -p #{input_file_folder} && touch #{input_file_folder}/file1



Atomic Test #8 - Data Encrypted with zip and gpg symmetric

Encrypt data for exiltration

Supported Platforms: Linux, macOS

auto_generated_guid: 0286eb44-e7ce-41a0-b109-3da516e05a5f

Inputs:

| Name | Description | Type | Default Value | |——|————-|——|—————| | test_folder | Path used to store files. | path | /tmp/T1560| | test_file | Temp file used to store encrypted data. | path | T1560| | encryption_password | Password used to encrypt data. | string | InsertPasswordHere|

Attack Commands: Run with 
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mkdir -p #{test_folder}
cd #{test_folder}; touch a b c d e f g
zip --password "#{encryption_password}" #{test_folder}/#{test_file} ./*
echo "#{encryption_password}" | gpg --batch --yes --passphrase-fd 0 --output #{test_folder}/#{test_file}.zip.gpg -c #{test_folder}/#{test_file}.zip
ls -l #{test_folder}

Cleanup Commands:

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rm -Rf #{test_folder}

Dependencies: Run with 
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sh
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Description: gpg and zip are required to run the test.
Check Prereq Commands:
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if [ ! -x "$(command -v gpg)" ] || [ ! -x "$(command -v zip)" ]; then exit 1; fi;
Get Prereq Commands:
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(which pkg && pkg install -y gnupg zip)||(which yum && yum -y install epel-release zip gpg)||(which apt-get && apt-get install -y zip gpg)



Atomic Test #9 - Encrypts collected data with AES-256 and Base64

An adversary may compress all the collected data, encrypt and send them to a C2 server using base64 encoding. This atomic test tries to emulate the behaviour of the FLEXIROOT backdoor to archive the collected data. FLEXIROOT typically utilizes AES encryption and base64 encoding to transfer the encrypted data to the C2 server. In this test, standard zip compression and the OpenSSL library are used to encrypt the compressed data. https://attack.mitre.org/versions/v7/software/S0267/

Supported Platforms: Linux, macOS

auto_generated_guid: a743e3a6-e8b2-4a30-abe7-ca85d201b5d3

Inputs:

| Name | Description | Type | Default Value | |——|————-|——|—————| | input_folder | Path to the folder used to store the test files | path | /tmp/t1560| | input_file | Name of the compressed and encrypted files | string | t1560_data| | enc_pass | Password used to encrypt the data | string | atomic_enc_pass|

Attack Commands: Run with 
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bash
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zip -r  #{input_folder}/#{input_file}.zip #{input_folder}
openssl enc -aes-256-cbc -pass pass:#{enc_pass} -p -in #{input_folder}/#{input_file}.zip -out #{input_folder}/#{input_file}.enc 
cat #{input_folder}/#{input_file}.enc | base64

Cleanup Commands:

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rm -rf #{input_folder}

Dependencies: Run with 
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bash
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Description: The folder and test files must exist
Check Prereq Commands:
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if [ ! -d #{input_folder} ]; then exit 1; else exit 0; fi;
Get Prereq Commands:
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if [ ! -d #{input_folder} ]; then mkdir -p #{input_folder}; cd #{input_folder}; touch {a..z}.data; fi;



Atomic Test #10 - ESXi - Remove Syslog remote IP

An adversary may edit the syslog config to remove the loghost in order to prevent or redirect logs being received by SIEM.

Supported Platforms: Windows

auto_generated_guid: 36c62584-d360-41d6-886f-d194654be7c2

Inputs:

| Name | Description | Type | Default Value | |——|————-|——|—————| | vm_host | Specify the host name of the ESXi Server | string | atomic.local| | plink_file | Path to Putty | path | PathToAtomicsFolder\..\ExternalPayloads\plink.exe| | username | Username used to log into ESXi | string | root| | password | password used to log into ESXI | string | n/a|

Attack Commands: Run with 
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powershell
! Elevation Required (e.g. root or admin)

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# Extract line with IP address from the syslog configuration output
#{plink_file} -ssh #{vm_host} -l #{username} -pw #{password} -m PathToAtomicsFolder\..\atomics\T1560.001\src\esxi_get_loghost.txt | findstr /r "[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\." > c:\temp\loghost.txt

# Replace the IP with "0"
#{plink_file} -ssh #{vm_host} -l #{username} -pw #{password} -m PathToAtomicsFolder\..\atomics\T1560.001\src\esxi_remove_loghost.txt

# Extract the IP from the line extracted from findstr
$inputFilePath = "c:\temp\loghost.txt"
$outputFilePath = "c:\temp\loghost_ip.txt"

$fileContent = Get-Content -Path $inputFilePath -Raw

if ([string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($fileContent)) {
    Write-Host "The content is $fileContent"
    Write-Host "The file is empty"
} else {
    # Use a regular expression to extract IP addresses
    $ipAddresses = [regex]::Matches($fileContent, '(udp|tcp):\/\/[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.[0-9]{1,3}.*').Value
    
    $output = "esxcli system syslog config set --loghost=" + $ipAddresses

    $output | Out-File -FilePath $outputFilePath -Encoding ascii
    
    Write-Host "IP addresses extracted and saved to $outputFilePath"
}

Cleanup Commands:

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# Re-add the initially extracted IP
#{plink_file} -ssh #{vm_host} -l #{username} -pw #{password} -m c:\temp\loghost_ip.txt

rm c:\temp\loghost_ip.txt
rm c:\temp\loghost.txt

Dependencies: Run with 
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powershell
!

Check Prereq Commands:
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if (Test-Path "#{plink_file}") {exit 0} else {exit 1}
Get Prereq Commands:
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New-Item -Type Directory "PathToAtomicsFolder\..\ExternalPayloads\" -ErrorAction Ignore -Force | Out-Null
Invoke-WebRequest "https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/w64/plink.exe" -OutFile "#{plink_file}"