MITRE ATT&CKsub-technique

T1496.001 Compute Hijacking

Published 2024-09-25 Modified 2025-04-15 Official page ↗
Domain
enterprise
Tactics
Impact
Platforms
Windows, IaaS, Linux, macOS, Containers
Version
1.0
Created
2024-09-25

Description

Adversaries may leverage the compute resources of co-opted systems to complete resource-intensive tasks, which may impact system and/or hosted service availability. One common purpose for Compute Hijacking is to validate transactions of cryptocurrency networks and earn virtual currency. Adversaries may consume enough system resources to negatively impact and/or cause affected machines to become unresponsive. Servers and cloud-based systems are common targets because of the high potential for available resources, but user endpoint systems may also be compromised and used for Compute Hijacking and cryptocurrency mining. Containerized environments may also be targeted due to the ease of deployment via exposed APIs and the potential for scaling mining activities by deploying or compromising multiple containers within an environment or cluster. Additionally, some cryptocurrency mining malware identify then kill off processes for competing malware to ensure it’s not competing for resources.

Related

Subtechnique of · MITRE ATT&CK (1)

  • T1496 Resource Hijacking technique

Tactic · MITRE ATT&CK (1)

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  • S1111 DarkGate software (malware)
  • G0139 TeamTNT group
  • S0601 Hildegard software (malware)
  • S0599 Kinsing software (malware)
  • S0532 Lucifer software (malware)
  • S0492 CookieMiner software (malware)
  • S0486 Bonadan software (malware)
  • S0468 Skidmap software (malware)
  • G0106 Rocke group
  • G0108 Blue Mockingbird group
  • S0451 LoudMiner software (malware)
  • S0434 Imminent Monitor software (tool)
  • G0096 APT41 group

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