Lotus Blossom

Adversaries may modify access tokens to operate under a different user or system security context to perform actions and bypass access controls. Windo

An adversary may compress or encrypt data that is collected prior to exfiltration using a custom method. Adversaries may choose to use custom archival

Adversaries may use utilities to compress and/or encrypt collected data prior to exfiltration. Many utilities include functionalities to compress, enc

Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of domain accounts. This information can help adversaries determine which domain accounts exist to aid in fol

Adversaries may attempt to gather information on domain trust relationships that may be used to identify lateral movement opportunities in Windows mul

Adversaries may enumerate files and directories or may search in specific locations of a host or network share for certain information within a file s

Adversaries may use an internal proxy to direct command and control traffic between two or more systems in a compromised environment. Many tools exist

Adversaries may check for Internet connectivity on compromised systems. This may be performed during automated discovery and can be accomplished in nu

Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of local system accounts. This information can help adversaries determine which local accounts exist on a sys

Adversaries may stage collected data in a central location or directory on the local system prior to Exfiltration. Data may be kept in separate files

Adversaries may interact with the Windows Registry as part of a variety of other techniques to aid in defense evasion, persistence, and execution. Ac

Adversaries may chain together multiple proxies to disguise the source of malicious traffic. Typically, a defender will be able to identify the last p

Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of services running on remote hosts and local network infrastructure devices, including those that may be vul

Adversaries may interact with the Windows Registry to gather information about the system, configuration, and installed software. The Registry contai

Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of other systems by IP address, hostname, or other logical identifier on a network that may be used for Later

An adversary may steal web application or service session cookies and use them to gain access to web applications or Internet services as an authentic

Adversaries may look for details about the network configuration and settings, such as IP and/or MAC addresses, of systems they access or through info

Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of network connections to or from the compromised system they are currently accessing or from remote systems

Adversaries may buy, steal, or download software tools that can be used during targeting. Tools can be open or closed source, free or commercial. A to

Adversaries may abuse Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to execute malicious commands and payloads. WMI is designed for programmers and is the

Adversaries may create or modify Windows services to repeatedly execute malicious payloads as part of persistence. When Windows boots up, it starts pr

AdFind is a free command-line query tool that can be used for gathering information from Active Directory.(

Elise is a custom backdoor Trojan that appears to be used exclusively by [Lotus Blossom](https://attack.mit

Emissary is a Trojan that has been used by Lotus Blossom. It share

Hannotog is a type of backdoor malware uniquely assoicated with [Lotus Blossom](https://attack.mitre.org/gr

Impacket is an open source collection of modules written in Python for programmatically constructing and ma

NBTscan is an open source tool that has been used by state groups to conduct internal reconnaissance within

Ping is an operating system utility commonly used to troubleshoot and verify network connections. (Citation

Sagerunex is a malware family exclusively associated with [Lotus Blossom](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G

certutil is a command-line utility that can be used to obtain certificate authority information and configu