Blue Mockingbird is a cluster of observed activity involving Monero cryptocurrency-mining payloads in dynamic-link library (DLL) form on Windows systems. The earliest observed Blue Mockingbird tools were created in December 2019.1
- RedCanary Mockingbird May 2020
Claims and citations
Every claim comes from a writer; provenance is the writer's assertion, not a review verdict from this directory. Validity reads by citation year.
| predicate | object | Valid | Conf. | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uses_technique | tech_t1059.001 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1574.012 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1546.003 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1082 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1543.003 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1053.005 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1090 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1047 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1059.003 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1003.001 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1218.011 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1134 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1496.001 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1027.013 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1112 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1569.002 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1190 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1021.001 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1218.010 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1021.002 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1036.005 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1588.002 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
Technique use
| ATT&CK | Technique | platforms |
|---|---|---|
| T1003.001 | LSASS Memory | — |
| T1021.001 | Remote Desktop Protocol | — |
| T1021.002 | SMB/Windows Admin Shares | — |
| T1027.013 | Encrypted/Encoded File | — |
| T1036.005 | Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location | — |
| T1047 | Windows Management Instrumentation | — |
| T1053.005 | Scheduled Task | — |
| T1059.001 | PowerShell | — |
| T1059.003 | Windows Command Shell | — |
| T1082 | System Information Discovery | — |
| T1090 | Proxy | — |
| T1112 | Modify Registry | — |
| T1134 | Access Token Manipulation | — |
| T1190 | Exploit Public-Facing Application | — |
| T1218.010 | Regsvr32 | — |
| T1218.011 | Rundll32 | — |
| T1496.001 | Compute Hijacking | — |
| T1543.003 | Windows Service | — |
| T1546.003 | Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription | — |
| T1569.002 | Service Execution | — |
| T1574.012 | COR_PROFILER | — |
| T1588.002 | Tool | — |
Aliases
Blue Mockingbird
Reading and review
Records are auto-ingested and not human-reviewed. Confidence is the writer's 0–100 value; bands split at ≥80 / 50–79 / <50 into high / medium / low. The four trust axes (synthetic, lifecycle, band, source count) stay separate and never merge into one score.