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  "created": "2024-08-05T18:19:42.201Z",
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      "url": "https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1059/011",
      "external_id": "T1059.011"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Kaspersky Lua",
      "description": "Global Research and Analysis Team. (2016, August 9). The ProjectSauron APT. Retrieved August 5, 2024.",
      "url": "https://media.kasperskycontenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2018/03/07190154/The-ProjectSauron-APT_research_KL.pdf"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Lua main page",
      "description": "Lua. (2024, June 25). Getting started. Retrieved August 5, 2024.",
      "url": "https://www.lua.org/start.html"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Lua state",
      "description": "Lua. (n.d.). lua_State. Retrieved August 5, 2024.",
      "url": "https://pgl.yoyo.org/luai/i/lua_State"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Cyphort EvilBunny",
      "description": "Marschalek, Marion. (2014, December 16). EvilBunny: Malware Instrumented By Lua. Retrieved August 5, 2024.",
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20150311013500/http:/www.cyphort.com/evilbunny-malware-instrumented-lua/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "PoetRat Lua",
      "description": "Mercer, Warren. (2020, October 6). PoetRAT: Malware targeting public and private sector in Azerbaijan evolves. Retrieved August 5, 2024.",
      "url": "https://blog.talosintelligence.com/poetrat-update/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Lua Proofpoint Sunseed",
      "description": "Raggi, Michael. Cass, Zydeca. The Proofpoint Threat Research Team.. (2022, March 1). Asylum Ambuscade: State Actor Uses Lua-based Sunseed Malware to Target European Governments and Refugee Movement. Retrieved August 5, 2024.",
      "url": "https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/asylum-ambuscade-state-actor-uses-compromised-private-ukrainian-military-emails"
    }
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  "object_marking_refs": [
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  "modified": "2025-04-15T19:58:57.854Z",
  "name": "Lua",
  "description": "Adversaries may abuse Lua commands and scripts for execution. Lua is a cross-platform scripting and programming language primarily designed for embedded use in applications. Lua can be executed on the command-line (through the stand-alone lua interpreter), via scripts (<code>.lua</code>), or from Lua-embedded programs (through the <code>struct lua_State</code>).(Citation: Lua main page)(Citation: Lua state)\n\nLua scripts may be executed by adversaries for malicious purposes. Adversaries may incorporate, abuse, or replace existing Lua interpreters to allow for malicious Lua command execution at runtime.(Citation: PoetRat Lua)(Citation: Lua Proofpoint Sunseed)(Citation: Cyphort EvilBunny)(Citation: Kaspersky Lua)",
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      "phase_name": "execution"
    }
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  "x_mitre_deprecated": false,
  "x_mitre_domains": [
    "enterprise-attack"
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  "x_mitre_is_subtechnique": true,
  "x_mitre_modified_by_ref": "identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5",
  "x_mitre_platforms": [
    "Linux",
    "Network Devices",
    "Windows",
    "macOS"
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  "x_mitre_remote_support": false
}