Triplem

MITRE ATT&CK does not currently catalogue Triplem, 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: low. Treat it as orientation, not attribution.

1. T1059.001 PowerShell Execution

   What they do: triplem executes malicious commands through PowerShell to stage payloads and manipulate system behavior.

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

2. T1685 Disable or Modify Tools Defense Impairment

   What they do: triplem disables antivirus tools by terminating security processes and modifying system configurations.

   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.

3. T1070.004 File Deletion Stealth

   What they do: triplem deletes Volume Shadow Copies and backup files via system commands to prevent recovery.

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

4. T1057 Process Discovery Discovery

   What they do: triplem discovers running processes using native commands to identify services for disruption or evasion.

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

5. T1486 Data Encrypted for Impact Impact

   What they do: triplem encrypts victim files using a custom ransomware payload to hold data hostage.

   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.

6. T1489 Service Stop Impact

   What they do: triplem halts critical services via command scripts to disrupt victim operations before encryption.

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

7. T1491.001 Internal Defacement Impact

   What they do: triplem displays a ransom note and defaces victim files to pressure payment demands.

   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.

Crowdsourced payment data from Ransomwhere, licensed CC BY 4.0. Figures are what has been reported and attributed to this family, not a confirmed total. Cite as: Cable, Jack. (2024). Ransomwhere: A Crowdsourced Ransomware Payment Dataset (1.1.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6512122