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MITRE ATT&CK® Malware

S0532: Lucifer

Lucifer is a crypto miner and DDoS hybrid malware that leverages well-known exploits to spread laterally on Windows platforms.[1]

EnterpriseS0532MalwareObject v1.1Modified
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S0532: Lucifer describes [Lucifer](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0532) is a crypto miner and DDoS hybrid malware that leverages well-known exploits to spread laterally on Windows platforms.(Citation: Unit 42 Lucifer June 2020)

Executive priority

S0532: Lucifer is an official MITRE ATT&CK software. Glexia treats it as defensive behavior context for prioritizing monitoring, control validation, and response planning without using the object by itself as an attribution claim.

Technical view

Security teams should validate S0532: Lucifer by reviewing the official ATT&CK relationships, mapped tactics (the mapped ATT&CK tactic context), supported platforms (Windows), and available local telemetry before making detection or mitigation decisions.

Likely telemetry

  • Official ATT&CK relationships and object metadata
  • Network, endpoint, and security-tool telemetry

Detection direction

  • Validate whether S0532: Lucifer appears in your detection coverage and tabletop scenarios.
  • Use the object to align executive risk language with SOC, incident response, and detection engineering work.
  • Do not treat ATT&CK relationship context as attribution without corroborating evidence.

Mitigation priorities

  • Map the object to existing controls and identify missing telemetry or response ownership.
  • Prioritize mitigations that reduce exposure on the listed platforms and tactics.
  • Review adjacent ATT&CK relationships before changing policy, detections, or reporting language.
Additional notes and limits

Baseline Glexia take generated from the official MITRE ATT&CK STIX object, source hash, tactics, platforms, and detection fields. It is safe to replace with a richer model-generated take for the same source hash later.

This baseline take is source-grounded and schema-validated, but it does not include environment-specific telemetry, incident evidence, or threat-intelligence corroboration.

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

Official MITRE ATT&CK definition

Lucifer

Lucifer is a crypto miner and DDoS hybrid malware that leverages well-known exploits to spread laterally on Windows platforms.[1]

View the same entry on attack.mitre.org (MITRE-hosted reference; in-page links above use the Glexia ATT&CK library.)

Glexia analysis

How security teams should use this page

Treat this object as behavior context, not an attribution claim. Validate the related groups, software, data sources, and mitigations against official ATT&CK relationships and your own telemetry before making control-coverage decisions.

ATT&CK relationship table

Techniques used

This mirrors the MITRE pattern of making group, software, campaign, and technique relationships scannable. Relationship notes come from mirrored ATT&CK relationship text when available.

24 rows
DomainIDNameRelationship / procedure
EnterpriseT1496.001Compute HijackingSub-technique

Lucifer can use system resources to mine cryptocurrency, dropping XMRig to mine Monero.[1]

EnterpriseT1016System Network Configuration Discovery

Lucifer can collect the IP address of a compromised host.[1]

EnterpriseT1049System Network Connections Discovery

Lucifer can identify the IP and port numbers for all remote connections from the compromised host.[1]

EnterpriseT1140Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information

Lucifer can decrypt its C2 address upon execution.[1]

EnterpriseT1057Process Discovery

Lucifer can identify the process that owns remote connections.[1]

EnterpriseT1547.001Registry Run Keys / Startup FolderSub-technique

Lucifer can persist by setting Registry key values HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\QQMusic and HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\QQMusic.[1]

EnterpriseT1105Ingress Tool Transfer

Lucifer can download and execute a replica of itself using certutil.[1]

EnterpriseT1573.001Symmetric CryptographySub-technique

Lucifer can perform a decremental-xor encryption on the initial C2 request before sending it over the wire.[1]

EnterpriseT1033System Owner/User Discovery

Lucifer has the ability to identify the username on a compromised host.[1]

EnterpriseT1570Lateral Tool Transfer

Lucifer can use certutil for propagation on Windows hosts within intranets.[1]

EnterpriseT1497.001System ChecksSub-technique

Lucifer can check for specific usernames, computer names, device drivers, DLL's, and virtual devices associated with sandboxed environments and can enter an infinite loop and stop itself if any are detected.[1]

EnterpriseT1027.002Software PackingSub-technique

Lucifer has used UPX packed binaries.[1]

EnterpriseT1053.005Scheduled TaskSub-technique

Lucifer has established persistence by creating the following scheduled task schtasks /create /sc minute /mo 1 /tn QQMusic ^ /tr C:Users\%USERPROFILE%\Downloads\spread.exe /F.[1]

EnterpriseT1082System Information Discovery

Lucifer can collect the computer name, system architecture, default language, and processor frequency of a compromised host.[1]

EnterpriseT1110.001Password GuessingSub-technique

Lucifer has attempted to brute force TCP ports 135 (RPC) and 1433 (MSSQL) with the default username or list of usernames and passwords.[1]

EnterpriseT1498Network Denial of Service

Lucifer can execute TCP, UDP, and HTTP denial of service (DoS) attacks.[1]

EnterpriseT1059.003Windows Command ShellSub-technique

Lucifer can issue shell commands to download and execute additional payloads.[1]

EnterpriseT1071Application Layer Protocol

Lucifer can use the Stratum protocol on port 10001 for communication between the cryptojacking bot and the mining server.[1]

EnterpriseT1685.005Clear Windows Event LogsSub-technique

Lucifer can clear and remove event logs.[1]

EnterpriseT1046Network Service Discovery

Lucifer can scan for open ports including TCP ports 135 and 1433.[1]

EnterpriseT1021.002SMB/Windows Admin SharesSub-technique

Lucifer can infect victims by brute forcing SMB.[1]

EnterpriseT1012Query Registry

Lucifer can check for existing stratum cryptomining information in HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\spreadCpuXmr – %stratum info%.[1]

EnterpriseT1047Windows Management Instrumentation

Lucifer can use WMI to log into remote machines for propagation.[1]

EnterpriseT1210Exploitation of Remote Services

Lucifer can exploit multiple vulnerabilities including EternalBlue (CVE-2017-0144) and EternalRomance (CVE-2017-0144).[1]

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Change history

Object version and sync metadata

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ATT&CK release
19.2
Object version
1.1
Created
Modified
Raw hash
13c892239ec165cf...
Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(2)
ReleaseBundle importedObject versionModifiedStatusRaw hash
19.21.1Current bundle13c892239ec1…
19.11.1Older bundle13c892239ec1…
Raw source

Mirrored ATT&CK source object

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Source references

External references and citations

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  1. [1]
    Unit 42 Lucifer June 2020

    Hsu, K. et al. (2020, June 24). Lucifer: New Cryptojacking and DDoS Hybrid Malware Exploiting High and Critical Vulnerabilities to Infect Windows Devices. Retrieved November 16, 2020.

    Open source URL
  2. [2]
    mitre-attackS0532
    Open source URL
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