{"description": "Enterprise techniques used by Operation Dust Storm, ATT&CK campaign C0016 (v1.1)", "name": "Operation Dust Storm (C0016)", "domain": "enterprise-attack", "versions": {"layer": "4.5", "attack": "19", "navigator": "5.3.2"}, "techniques": [{"techniqueID": "T1583", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1583.001", "comment": "For [Operation Dust Storm](https://attack.mitre.org/campaigns/C0016), the threat actors established domains as part of their operational infrastructure.(Citation: Cylance Dust Storm)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1059", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1059.005", "comment": "During [Operation Dust Storm](https://attack.mitre.org/campaigns/C0016), the threat actors used Visual Basic scripts.(Citation: Cylance Dust Storm)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1059.007", "comment": "During [Operation Dust Storm](https://attack.mitre.org/campaigns/C0016), the threat actors used JavaScript code.(Citation: Cylance Dust Storm)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1140", "comment": "During [Operation Dust Storm](https://attack.mitre.org/campaigns/C0016), attackers used VBS code to decode payloads.(Citation: Cylance Dust Storm)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": false}, {"techniqueID": "T1189", "comment": "During [Operation Dust Storm](https://attack.mitre.org/campaigns/C0016), the threat actors used a watering hole attack on a popular software reseller to exploit the then-zero-day Internet Explorer vulnerability CVE-2014-0322.(Citation: Cylance Dust Storm)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": false}, {"techniqueID": "T1568", "comment": "For [Operation Dust Storm](https://attack.mitre.org/campaigns/C0016), the threat actors used dynamic DNS domains from a variety of free providers, including No-IP, Oray, and 3322.(Citation: Cylance Dust Storm) ", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": false}, {"techniqueID": "T1585", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1585.002", "comment": "For [Operation Dust Storm](https://attack.mitre.org/campaigns/C0016), the threat actors established email addresses to register domains for their operations.(Citation: Cylance Dust Storm)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1203", "comment": "During [Operation Dust Storm](https://attack.mitre.org/campaigns/C0016), the threat actors exploited Adobe Flash vulnerability CVE-2011-0611, Microsoft Windows Help vulnerability CVE-2010-1885, and several Internet Explorer vulnerabilities, including CVE-2011-1255, CVE-2012-1889, and CVE-2014-0322.(Citation: Cylance Dust Storm)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": false}, {"techniqueID": "T1036", "comment": "For [Operation Dust Storm](https://attack.mitre.org/campaigns/C0016), the threat actors disguised some executables as JPG files.(Citation: Cylance Dust Storm) ", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": false}, {"techniqueID": "T1027", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1027.002", "comment": "For [Operation Dust Storm](https://attack.mitre.org/campaigns/C0016), the threat actors used UPX to pack some payloads.(Citation: Cylance Dust Storm)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1027.013", "comment": "During [Operation Dust Storm](https://attack.mitre.org/campaigns/C0016), the threat actors encoded some payloads with a single-byte XOR, both skipping the key itself and zeroing in an attempt to avoid exposing the key; other payloads were Base64-encoded.(Citation: Cylance Dust Storm)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1566", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1566.001", "comment": "During [Operation Dust Storm](https://attack.mitre.org/campaigns/C0016), the threat actors sent spearphishing emails that contained a malicious Microsoft Word document.(Citation: Cylance Dust Storm)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1566.002", "comment": "During [Operation Dust Storm](https://attack.mitre.org/campaigns/C0016), the threat actors sent spearphishing emails containing a malicious link.(Citation: Cylance Dust Storm)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1518", "comment": "During [Operation Dust Storm](https://attack.mitre.org/campaigns/C0016), the threat actors deployed a file called `DeployJava.js` to fingerprint installed software on a victim system prior to exploit delivery.(Citation: Cylance Dust Storm)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": false}, {"techniqueID": "T1218", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1218.005", "comment": "During [Operation Dust Storm](https://attack.mitre.org/campaigns/C0016), the threat actors executed JavaScript code via `mshta.exe`.(Citation: Cylance Dust Storm)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1204", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1204.001", "comment": "During [Operation Dust Storm](https://attack.mitre.org/campaigns/C0016), the threat actors relied on a victim clicking on a malicious link sent via email.(Citation: Cylance Dust Storm)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}, {"techniqueID": "T1204.002", "comment": "During [Operation Dust Storm](https://attack.mitre.org/campaigns/C0016), the threat actors relied on potential victims to open a malicious Microsoft Word document sent via email.(Citation: Cylance Dust Storm)", "score": 1, "color": "#66b1ff", "showSubtechniques": true}], "gradient": {"colors": ["#ffffff", "#66b1ff"], "minValue": 0, "maxValue": 1}, "legendItems": [{"label": "used by Operation Dust Storm", "color": "#66b1ff"}]}