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KARAE S0215

Type: malware
Platform: Windows
Created: 18 April 2018
Last modified: 17 November 2024

KARAE is a backdoor typically used by APT37 as first-stage malware. [1]

TechniquesBottom 17%

TacticsBottom 21%

Threat groupunranked

CampaignsNone recorded

Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.

MITRE reference S0215

System Information Discovery T1082↗

KARAE can collect system information.2

Discovery54 detection rules

Bidirectional Communication T1102.002↗

KARAE can use public cloud-based storage providers for command and control.3

Command and Control6 detection rules

Ingress Tool Transfer T1105↗

KARAE can upload and download files, including second-stage malware.4

Command and Control129 detection rules

Drive-by Compromise T1189↗

KARAE was distributed through torrent file-sharing websites to South Korean victims, using a YouTube video downloader application as a lure.5

Initial Access6 detection rules

Standing S0215

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

Techniques4Bottom 17%

17th percentile · 83% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more Enterprise techniques.

Tactics3Bottom 21%

21st percentile · 79% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more tactics spanned.

Threat group161% 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 / technique30medTop 22%

78th percentile · 78% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.

Tests / technique20med

Detection coverage S0215

195 distinct rules cover the 4 techniques recorded for this tool. 131 Sigma · 64 Splunk.

4 covered by at least one rule195 distinct rules in total

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MITRE reference S0215

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