Hydraq creates a backdoor through which remote attackers can read data from files.910
tool
Hydraq S0203
- Type
- malware
- Platform
- Windows
- Created
- 18 April 2018
- Last modified
- 17 November 2024
Hydraq is a data-theft trojan first used by Elderwood in the 2009 Google intrusion known as Operation Aurora, though variations of this trojan have been used in more recent campaigns by other Chinese actors, possibly including APT17.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
19
TechniquesTop 23%
9
TacticsTop 11%
2
Threat groupsunranked
0
CampaignsNone recorded
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference S0203
Hydraq creates a backdoor through which remote attackers can monitor services.1112
Hydraq creates a backdoor through which remote attackers can retrieve system information, such as CPU speed, from Registry keys.1314
Hydraq creates a backdoor through which remote attackers can retrieve IP addresses of compromised machines.1516
Hydraq uses basic obfuscation in the form of spaghetti code.1718
Hydraq connects to a predefined domain on port 443 to exfil gathered information.19
Standing S0203
Reach is how much of ATT&CK this tool touches. Coverage is how well defended each thing it does is, as a median per technique rather than a total — a total would just restate the reach. Each figure is ranked against all 825 ATT&CK software entries only where that population actually spreads. Where most of the population shares one value, a percentile would rank the tie instead of the entity, so the raw value is shown and no rank is claimed.
Reach
Techniques19Top 23%
77th percentile · 77% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many Enterprise techniques or fewer.
Tactics9Top 11%
89th percentile · 89% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many tactics spanned or fewer.
Threat groups261% tie · 22 values
61% of the population shares a single value across only 22 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Campaigns085% tie · 8 values
85% of the population shares a single value across only 8 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Coverage
Rules / technique25med60th pct
60th percentile · 60% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.
Tests / technique8med
Detection coverage S0203
782 distinct rules cover the 19 techniques recorded for this tool. The 824 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 782 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 530 Sigma · 252 Splunk.
18 covered by at least one rule1 with no coverage782 distinct rules in total
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