MBCProject-mbc-markdown/execution/send-email.md

ID	B0020
Objective(s)	Execution, Lateral Movement
Related ATT&CK Techniques	Phishing (T1566)
Version	2.0
Created	1 August 2019
Last Modified	12 June 2023

Send Email

Sends an email message from the system on which the malware is executing to one or more recipients, mostly commonly for the purpose of spamming or for distributing a malicious attachment or URL (malspamming).

This behavior is related to the Phishing (T1566) ATT&CK technique defined under ATT&CK's Initial Access tactic.

Use in Malware

Name	Date	Method	Description
Gamut	2014	--	Gamut probes the infected system's SMTP port 25 by sending a test SMTP transaction to mail.ru and hotmail.com. If port 25 is open, the bot requests the spam template and email list, which it uses to send spam. [1]
Bagle	2004	--	Bagle uses its own SMTP engine to mass-mail itself as an attachment from an infected computer. [2]
Emotet	2018	--	Spam email with the Emotet loader is sent automatically. [3]

References

[1] https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/blogs/spiderlabs-blog/gamut-spambot-analysis/

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagle_(computer_worm)

[3] https://securelist.com/the-banking-trojan-emotet-detailed-analysis/69560/