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🇮🇳Patchwork

🇮🇳 Patchwork is a tracked threat actor in the Clankerusecase corpus. Attributed to IN. Primary motivation: State. We map 24 detection use cases to this actor across 51 MITRE ATT&CK techniques, with 2 threat-intel articles citing them. Active in our corpus from 2026-02-12 to 2026-03-24.

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24Use cases

2Articles

51Techniques

0IOCs

Known aliases

PatchworkDropping ElephantChinastratsQuilted TigerHangover GroupMONSOONOperation Hangover

Top techniques

T1190 · Exploit Public-Facing Application T1021.002 · SMB/Windows Admin Shares T1569.002 · Service Execution

All other tracked techniques

T1003 · OS Credential Dumping T1003.001 · LSASS Memory T1005 · Data from Local System T1021.001 · Remote Desktop Protocol T1027.001 · Binary Padding T1027.002 · Software Packing T1027.005 · Indicator Removal from Tools T1027.010 · Command Obfuscation T1033 · System Owner/User Discovery T1036.005 · Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location T1053.005 · Scheduled Task T1055.012 · Process Hollowing T1059.001 · PowerShell T1059.003 · Windows Command Shell T1059.005 · Visual Basic T1070.004 · File Deletion T1074.001 · Local Data Staging T1082 · System Information Discovery T1083 · File and Directory Discovery T1102.001 · Dead Drop Resolver T1105 · Ingress Tool Transfer T1112 · Modify Registry T1119 · Automated Collection T1132.001 · Standard Encoding T1189 · Drive-by Compromise T1195.002 · Compromise Software Supply Chain T1197 · BITS Jobs T1203 · Exploitation for Client Execution T1204.001 · Malicious Link T1204.002 · Malicious File T1218 · System Binary Proxy Execution T1219 · Remote Access Tools T1486 · Data Encrypted for Impact T1518.001 · Security Software Discovery T1547.001 · Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder T1548.002 · Bypass User Account Control T1553.002 · Code Signing T1555.003 · Credentials from Web Browsers T1559.002 · Dynamic Data Exchange T1560 · Archive Collected Data T1566 · Phishing T1566.001 · Spearphishing Attachment T1566.002 · Spearphishing Link T1574.001 · DLL T1587.002 · Code Signing Certificates T1588.002 · Tool T1598.003 · Spearphishing Link T1680 · Local Storage Discovery

Detection use cases (24)

Patchwork (Dropping Elephant) CVE-2017-11882 EQNEDT32.EXE → script/LOLBin child chain AI · profile SΣDD Patchwork BadNews dead-drop resolver — non-browser fetch from public paste/code-hosting C2 caches AI · profile SDD Remote service execution — PsExec / SMB lateral movement Internal RMM tool installed by non-IT user — remote-access utility for hands-on-keyboard Internal Phishing-link click correlated to endpoint execution Internal Email attachment opened from external sender Internal Office app spawning script/LOLBin child process Internal Remote service execution — PsExec / SMB lateral movement Internal Ransomware-style mass file rename / extension change Internal LSASS process access / dump (credential theft) Internal RMM tool installed by non-IT user — remote-access utility for hands-on-keyboard Internal Trusted vendor binary / installer launching unusual children Internal Brand-Impersonation Domain Fetch Followed by User-Context Loader Within 10 Minutes MITRE match Cross-category credential-store enumeration with rapid egress to anonymizing tunnel/CDN MITRE match Cross-Platform ClickFix Paste-to-Pipe Loader (UI-Parent Shell with Decode-and-Execute Payload) MITRE match Developer package install spawning script-host with non-registry C2 within 5 minutes MITRE match Developer/Data-tooling Daemon Spawns Shell Child Seconds After POST to Runner/Exec Endpoint MITRE match Internet-Facing Service Process Spawning Unix Shell or Ingress-Tool LOLBin (Edge Zero-Day Post-Exploit) MITRE match Low-Code / AI Workflow Runtime Sandbox-Escape — Server Process Spawns Shell + Public Egress MITRE match Non-Browser Process Reads Browser Credential / Cookie SQLite Then Egresses to Public Destination Within 10 Minutes MITRE match npm/yarn/pnpm Install-Hook Spawn → Credential-Store Read or Worm-Payload Drop in node_modules MITRE match OAuth Device-Code Consent Phish to Cross-IP Cloud Token Replay MITRE match Package Manager / Dev-Tool Auto-Execution Triggers Non-Registry Egress or Credential-Store Access MITRE match Package Manager Install Spawning Outbound Egress to Non-Registry Infrastructure Within 5 Minutes MITRE match

Threat-intel articles (2)

med Cloud workload security: Mind the gaps · 2026-03-24

crit Naming and shaming: How ransomware groups tighten the screws on victims · 2026-02-12