Minteye

MITRE ATT&CK does not currently catalogue Minteye, so this is our assessment of the techniques it uses, drawn from public reporting. The techniques themselves, and every "what that means" definition below, come from MITRE ATT&CK v19.2. Confidence: medium. Treat it as orientation, not attribution.

1. T1059.001 PowerShell Execution

   What they do: minteye executes PowerShell scripts to stage ransomware payloads and disable security tools.

   What that means: Adversaries may abuse PowerShell commands and scripts for execution.

2. T1106 Native API Execution

   What they do: minteye leverages native API calls to bypass detection while performing file encryption operations.

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

3. T1547.001 Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder PersistencePrivilege Escalation

   What they do: minteye adds malicious registry run keys to ensure ransomware execution upon system reboot.

   What that means: Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a program to a startup folder or referencing it with a Registry run key.

4. T1685 Disable or Modify Tools Defense Impairment

   What they do: minteye disables antivirus and monitoring tools using registry modifications and service interference.

   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.

5. T1027.013 Encrypted/Encoded File Stealth

   What they do: minteye encodes malicious binaries with custom obfuscation to evade signature-based detection.

   What that means: Adversaries may encrypt or encode files to obfuscate strings, bytes, and other specific patterns to impede detection.

6. T1070.004 File Deletion Stealth

   What they do: minteye deletes Volume Shadow Copies and backup directories to prevent data recovery.

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

7. T1057 Process Discovery Discovery

   What they do: minteye discovers running processes to identify critical services and isolate compromised hosts.

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

8. T1021.002 SMB/Windows Admin Shares Lateral Movement

   What they do: minteye exploits SMB/Windows Admin Shares for lateral movement across networked victim systems.

   What that means: Adversaries may use Valid Accounts to interact with a remote network share using Server Message Block (SMB).

9. T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact Impact

   What they do: minteye encrypts victim files using custom symmetric encryption keys, rendering data unusable.

   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.

10. T1490 Inhibit System Recovery Impact

    What they do: minteye halts system recovery processes and terminates backup services to maximize impact.

    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.