Incransom

How Incransom typically operates, as attributed by MITRE ATT&CK v19.2. Attributed via INC Ransom, INC Ransomware.

1. T1588.002 Tool Resource Development

   What they do: INC Ransom has acquired and used several tools including MegaSync, AnyDesk, esentutl and PsExec.

   What that means: Adversaries may buy, steal, or download software tools that can be used during targeting.

2. T1078 Valid Accounts Initial AccessPersistencePrivilege EscalationStealth

   What they do: INC Ransom has used compromised valid accounts for access to victim environments.

   What that means: Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of existing accounts as a means of gaining Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense Evasion.

3. T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

   What they do: INC Ransom has exploited known vulnerabilities including CVE-2023-3519 in Citrix NetScaler for initial access.

   What that means: Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

4. T1566 Phishing Initial Access

   What they do: INC Ransom has used phishing to gain initial access.

   What that means: Adversaries may send phishing messages to gain access to victim systems.

5. T1047 Windows Management Instrumentation Execution

   What they do: INC Ransom has used WMIC to deploy ransomware.

   What that means: Adversaries may abuse Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to execute malicious commands and payloads.

6. T1059.003 Windows Command Shell Execution

   What they do: INC Ransom has used `cmd.exe` to launch malicious payloads.

   What that means: Adversaries may abuse the Windows command shell for execution.

7. T1106 Native API Execution

   What they do: INC Ransomware can use the API `DeviceIoControl` to resize the allocated space for and cause the deletion of volume shadow copy snapshots.

   What that means: Adversaries may interact with the native OS application programming interface (API) to execute behaviors.

8. T1569.002 Service Execution Execution

   What they do: INC Ransom has run a file encryption executable via `Service Control Manager/7045;winupd,%SystemRoot%\winupd.exe,user mode service,demand start,LocalSystem`.

   What that means: Adversaries may abuse the Windows service control manager to execute malicious commands or payloads.

9. T1036.005 Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location Stealth

   What they do: INC Ransom has named a PsExec executable winupd to mimic a legitimate Windows update file.

   What that means: Adversaries may match or approximate the name or location of legitimate files, Registry keys, or other resources when naming/placing them.

10. T1070.004 File Deletion Stealth

    What they do: INC Ransom has uninstalled tools from compromised endpoints after use.

    What that means: Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.

11. T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information Stealth

    What they do: INC Ransomware can run `CryptStringToBinaryA` to decrypt base64 content containing its ransom note.

    What that means: Adversaries may use Obfuscated Files or Information to hide artifacts of an intrusion from analysis.

12. T1685 Disable or Modify Tools Defense Impairment

    What they do: INC Ransom can use SystemSettingsAdminFlows.exe, a native Windows utility, to disable Windows Defender.

    What that means: Adversaries may disable, degrade, or tamper with security tools or applications (e.g., endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools, intrusion detection systems (IDS), antivirus, logging agents, sensors, etc.) to impair or reduce visibility of defensive capabilities.

13. T1046 Network Service Discovery Discovery

    What they do: INC Ransom has used NETSCAN.EXE for internal reconnaissance.

    What that means: Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of services running on remote hosts and local network infrastructure devices, including those that may be vulnerable to remote software exploitation.

14. T1049 System Network Connections Discovery Discovery

    What they do: INC Ransom has used RDP to test network connections.

    What that means: Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of network connections to or from the compromised system they are currently accessing or from remote systems by querying for information over the network.

15. T1057 Process Discovery Discovery

    What they do: INC Ransomware can use the Microsoft Win32 Restart Manager to kill processes with a specific handle or that are accessing resources it wants to encrypt.

    What that means: Adversaries may attempt to get information about running processes on a system.

16. T1069.002 Domain Groups Discovery

    What they do: INC Ransom has enumerated domain groups on targeted hosts.

    What that means: Adversaries may attempt to find domain-level groups and permission settings.

17. T1083 File and Directory Discovery Discovery

    What they do: INC Ransomware can receive command line arguments to encrypt specific files and directories.

    What that means: Adversaries may enumerate files and directories or may search in specific locations of a host or network share for certain information within a file system.

18. T1087.002 Domain Account Discovery

    What they do: INC Ransom has scanned for domain admin accounts in compromised environments.

    What that means: Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of domain accounts.

19. T1120 Peripheral Device Discovery Discovery

    What they do: INC Ransomware can identify external USB and hard drives for encryption and printers to print ransom notes.

    What that means: Adversaries may attempt to gather information about attached peripheral devices and components connected to a computer system.

20. T1135 Network Share Discovery Discovery

    What they do: INC Ransom has used Internet Explorer to view folders on other systems.

    What that means: Adversaries may look for folders and drives shared on remote systems as a means of identifying sources of information to gather as a precursor for Collection and to identify potential systems of interest for Lateral Movement.

21. T1652 Device Driver Discovery Discovery

    What they do: INC Ransomware can verify the presence of specific drivers on compromised hosts including Microsoft Print to PDF and Microsoft XPS Document Writer.

    What that means: Adversaries may attempt to enumerate local device drivers on a victim host.

22. T1680 Local Storage Discovery Discovery

    What they do: INC Ransomware can discover and mount hidden drives to encrypt them.

    What that means: Adversaries may enumerate local drives, disks, and/or volumes and their attributes like total or free space and volume serial number.

23. T1021.001 Remote Desktop Protocol Lateral Movement

    What they do: INC Ransom has used RDP to move laterally.

    What that means: Adversaries may use Valid Accounts to log into a computer using the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

24. T1570 Lateral Tool Transfer Lateral Movement

    What they do: INC Ransom has used a rapid succession of copy commands to install a file encryption executable across multiple endpoints within compromised infrastructure.

    What that means: Adversaries may transfer tools or other files between systems in a compromised environment.

25. T1074 Data Staged Collection

    What they do: INC Ransom has staged data on compromised hosts prior to exfiltration.

    What that means: Adversaries may stage collected data in a central location or directory prior to Exfiltration.

26. T1560.001 Archive via Utility Collection

    What they do: INC Ransom has used 7-Zip and WinRAR to archive collected data prior to exfiltration.

    What that means: Adversaries may use utilities to compress and/or encrypt collected data prior to exfiltration.

27. T1071 Application Layer Protocol Command and Control

    What they do: INC Ransom has used valid accounts over RDP to connect to targeted systems.

    What that means: Adversaries may communicate using OSI application layer protocols to avoid detection/network filtering by blending in with existing traffic.

28. T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer Command and Control

    What they do: INC Ransom has downloaded tools to compromised servers including Advanced IP Scanner.

    What that means: Adversaries may transfer tools or other files from an external system into a compromised environment.

29. T1219 Remote Access Tools Command and Control

    What they do: INC Ransom has used AnyDesk and PuTTY on compromised systems.

    What that means: An adversary may use legitimate remote access tools to establish an interactive command and control channel within a network.

30. T1537 Transfer Data to Cloud Account Exfiltration

    What they do: INC Ransom has used Megasync to exfiltrate data to the cloud.

    What that means: Adversaries may exfiltrate data by transferring the data, including through sharing/syncing and creating backups of cloud environments, to another cloud account they control on the same service.

31. T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact Impact

    What they do: INC Ransom has used INC Ransomware to encrypt victim's data.

    What that means: Adversaries may encrypt data on target systems or on large numbers of systems in a network to interrupt availability to system and network resources.

32. T1489 Service Stop Impact

    What they do: INC Ransomware can issue a command to kill a process on compromised hosts.

    What that means: Adversaries may stop or disable services on a system to render those services unavailable to legitimate users.

33. T1490 Inhibit System Recovery Impact

    What they do: INC Ransomware can delete volume shadow copy backups from victim machines.

    What that means: Adversaries may delete or remove built-in data and turn off services designed to aid in the recovery of a corrupted system to prevent recovery.

34. T1491.001 Internal Defacement Impact

    What they do: INC Ransomware has the ability to change the background wallpaper image to display the ransom note.

    What that means: An adversary may deface systems internal to an organization in an attempt to intimidate or mislead users, thus discrediting the integrity of the systems.

35. T1657 Financial Theft Impact

    What they do: INC Ransom has stolen and encrypted victim's data in order to extort payment for keeping it private or decrypting it.

    What that means: Adversaries may steal monetary resources from targets through extortion, social engineering, technical theft, or other methods aimed at their own financial gain at the expense of the availability of these resources for victims.

Software Incransom has been seen using, grouped by what it is used for. Legitimate administration tools appear here because these actors routinely abuse them — presence in this list is not itself malicious.

Tool data from Ransomware Tool Matrix by BushidoUK, licensed CC BY 4.0. Grouped by purpose and matched to this group by Dark Eye.