PILLOWMINT
Intelligence Profile
According to FireEye, PILLOWMINT is a Point-of-Sale malware tool used to scrape track 1 and track 2 payment card data from memory.
Scraped payment card data is encrypted and stored in the registry and as plaintext in a file (T1074: Data Staged)
Contains additional backdoor capabilities including:
Running processes
Downloading and executing files (T1105: Remote File Copy)
Downloading and injecting DLLs (T1055: Process Injection)
Communicates with a command and control (C2) server over HTTP using AES encrypted messages
(T1071: Standard Application Layer Protocol)
(T1032: Standard Cryptographic Protocol)
Threat Analysis
PILLOWMINT is a known-sophistication threat actor of undetermined national origin, engaged in cyber operations with a primary motivation of unknown activity patterns.