Play

Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK)26

SourceMITRE ATT&CK

Vexday analysis

Play é um grupo de ransomware ativo desde pelo menos 2022, responsável pela implantação do ransomware Playcrypt contra organizações dos setores empresarial, governamental, de infraestrutura crítica, saúde e mídia na América do Norte, América do Sul e Europa. O grupo adota o modelo de dupla extorsão, exfiltrando dados antes de criptografar os sistemas das vítimas, e é classificado por pesquisadores de segurança como uma operação fechada. Catalogado no MITRE ATT&CK sob o identificador G1040, o Play possui 26 técnicas documentadas e 6 CVEs atribuídas à sua atuação.

Attack chain

Plausible scenario built from the group's real techniques, ordered by the phases of an attack. Each step shows how the group typically operates.

Arsenal severity73

Impact: High

Illustrative chain derived from techniques documented in MITRE ATT&CK — it does not represent a specific past attack. Severity summarizes the known arsenal (kill-chain coverage, actively exploited CVEs, techniques).

Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK) 26

How the group operates, mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK matrix and organized by the phases of an attack.

Resource development

Malware Tool

Initial access

Exploit Public-Facing Application

Execution

PowerShell Windows Command Shell

Persistence

External Remote Services

Credential access

LSASS Memory

Discovery

System Network Configuration Discovery Remote System Discovery Process Discovery System Information Discovery File and Directory Discovery Security Software Discovery

Lateral movement

SMB/Windows Admin Shares

Collection

Archive via Utility

Command and control

Ingress Tool Transfer

Exfiltration

Data Transfer Size Limits Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol

Impact

Financial Theft

defense-impairment

Disable or Modify Tools Clear Windows Event Logs

stealth

Command Obfuscation File Deletion Valid Accounts Domain Accounts Local Accounts

Exploited vulnerabilities 6

CVEs this group is known to exploit, per MITRE ATT&CK. Ordered by real-world severity.

CVE-2018-13379CRITICALEPSS 100%KEV CVE-2022-41082HIGHEPSS 100%KEV CVE-2022-41040HIGHEPSS 100%KEV CVE-2014-7169CRITICALEPSS 100%KEV CVE-2020-12812CRITICALEPSS 49%KEV CVE-2016-6662EPSS 68%

Known infrastructure 1255

Real indicators (C2, domains, URLs and hashes) associated with the malware this group uses. Source: abuse.ch (ThreatFox, URLhaus, MalwareBazaar).

ip:port68.64.182.169:110Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port68.64.182.169:465Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port101.42.255.92:8443Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port68.64.182.169:995Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port68.64.182.169:7000Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port68.64.182.169:8000Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port68.64.182.169:7010Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port8.163.59.20:22Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port178.128.80.204:22Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port68.64.182.169:4190Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port68.64.182.169:993Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port91.92.42.118:13019Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port118.31.18.77:2301Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port119.29.122.42:8080Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port68.64.182.169:587Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port119.29.122.42:80Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port119.29.122.42:443Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port68.64.182.169:3306Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port68.64.182.169:8010Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port68.64.182.169:5727Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port68.64.182.169:111Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port68.64.182.169:443Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port68.64.182.169:8080Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port159.75.123.199:21Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port68.64.183.127:8090Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port68.64.183.127:5555Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port139.196.217.227:80Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port159.75.123.199:5003Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port156.239.47.245:80Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port156.239.47.245:8080Cobalt Strikethreatfox

+1255 indicators in total. See them all on the IOCs page.

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