PLEAD
Software · ATTACK:enterprise:S0435
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:S0435",
"title": "PLEAD",
"type": "Software",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0435",
"snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "malware--b57f419e-8b12-49d3-886b-145383725dcd",
"external_id": "S0435",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2020-05-06T12:55:10.969Z",
"modified": "2025-04-25T19:04:32.446Z",
"version": "2.0",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Trend Micro PLEAD RTLO",
"url": "https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/plead-targeted-attacks-against-taiwanese-government-agencies-2/"
},
{
"source_name": "TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017",
"url": "https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/following-trail-blacktech-cyber-espionage-campaigns/"
},
{
"source_name": "PLEAD"
},
{
"source_name": "JPCert PLEAD Downloader June 2018",
"url": "https://blogs.jpcert.or.jp/en/2018/03/malware-tscooki-7aa0.html"
},
{
"source_name": "JPCert TSCookie March 2018",
"url": "https://blogs.jpcert.or.jp/en/2018/03/malware-tscooki-7aa0.html"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (16)
First 80 shown here; the complete set is in this record’s JSON and plaintext. Each relationship retains its source and locator. No inferred relationships are added.
ATTACK:enterprise:G0098 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:S0435
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--036f4704-ce28-49cf-bb57-e4ce5079981e
TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017 · JPCert PLEAD Downloader June 2018 · Trend Micro Waterbear December 2019 · Symantec Palmerworm Sep 2020ATTACK:enterprise:S0435 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1071.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--213423ab-05cf-4354-9cea-d536686cf21d
JPCert PLEAD Downloader June 2018 · TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017ATTACK:enterprise:S0435 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1059.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--21711eb2-eddd-40f5-8c20-dc50495c102d
JPCert PLEAD Downloader June 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0435 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1555
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--5dd0d491-bb82-45b4-91cd-a7d9e4cf396e
ESET PLEAD Malware July 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0435 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1090
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--6e23cb4f-61dd-4a6a-8c25-7eb79c376558
JPCert PLEAD Downloader June 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0435 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1204.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--80389d5a-b92b-4101-930b-5be361e53eb8
TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017ATTACK:enterprise:S0435 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1083
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--884019ca-fca8-46a8-8dc4-71f60427db0f
TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017 · JPCert PLEAD Downloader June 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0435 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1001.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--8ee24ce1-0703-43dc-8b27-807747ca0209
ESET PLEAD Malware July 2018 · TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017ATTACK:enterprise:S0435 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1105
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9020d567-103b-4dc2-b27d-115078ae2a76
JPCert PLEAD Downloader June 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0435 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1070.004
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--947a4837-cce1-48dd-b4e7-8d08d8dce663
TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017ATTACK:enterprise:S0435 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1204.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--a77818b1-bbe8-477f-a8b1-1704e525d5a9
TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017ATTACK:enterprise:S0435 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1106
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c587fc65-b591-4a23-bb5a-f2971c427ba0
TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017ATTACK:enterprise:S0435 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1057
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--dd4da2e6-a54b-4420-9ed6-ebb3080bd2f8
TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017ATTACK:enterprise:S0435 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1010
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--e98a5dc7-707a-4933-801a-b98b2e44b309
TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017 · TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017ATTACK:enterprise:S0435 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1573.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f09f6c15-193c-406a-ab64-bf730d83f39f
JPCert PLEAD Downloader June 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0435 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1555.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f1952dea-f9d6-421b-947e-502796e2c883
TrendMicro BlackTech June 2017 · ESET PLEAD Malware July 2018