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DealersChoice S0243

Type: malware
Platform: Windows
Created: 17 October 2018
Last modified: 25 April 2025

DealersChoice is a Flash exploitation framework used by APT28. [1]

TechniquesBottom 12%

TacticsBottom 12%

Threat groupunranked

CampaignsNone recorded

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

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DealersChoice S0243

Type: malware
Platform: Windows
Created: 17 October 2018
Last modified: 25 April 2025

DealersChoice is a Flash exploitation framework used by APT28. [1]

TechniquesBottom 12%

TacticsBottom 12%

Threat groupunranked

CampaignsNone recorded

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

DealersChoice MITRE reference S0243

Windows Command Shell T1059.003 ↗

DealersChoice makes modifications to open-source scripts from GitHub and executes them on the victim’s machine.2

Execution63 detection rules

Web Protocols T1071.001 ↗

DealersChoice uses HTTP for communication with the C2 server.3

Command and Control60 detection rules

Exploitation for Client Execution T1203 ↗

DealersChoice leverages vulnerable versions of Flash to perform execution.4

Execution48 detection rules

Standing S0243

Reach is how much of ATT&CK this malware 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

Techniques3Bottom 12%

12th percentile · 88% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more Enterprise techniques.

Tactics2Bottom 12%

12th percentile · 88% 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 / technique60medTop 4%

96th percentile · 96% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.

Tests / technique3medBottom 16%

16th percentile · 84% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more atomic tests per technique.

Data comps / technique5med54% tie · 11 values

54% of the population shares a single value across only 11 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.

Mitigations / technique2medTop 9%

91st percentile · 91% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many mitigations per technique or fewer.

5 of 8 axes carry an honest rank on this page. Coverage medians are taken across this malware’s 3 Enterprise techniques.

Range

Technique Campaign use over its cumulative rule count.

Campaigns · 0Sigma rules (cumulative) · 123Splunk ESCU (cumulative) · 47