PoetRAT used voStro.exe, a compiled pypykatz (Python version of Mimikatz), to steal credentials.4
tool
PoetRAT S0428
- Type
- malware
- Platform
- Windows
- Created
- 27 April 2020
- Last modified
- 5 August 2024
PoetRAT is a remote access trojan (RAT) that was first identified in April 2020. PoetRAT has been used in multiple campaigns against the private and public sectors in Azerbaijan, including ICS and SCADA systems in the energy sector. The STIBNITE activity group has been observed using the malware. PoetRAT derived its name from references in the code to poet William Shakespeare. [1][2][3]
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference S0428
Standing S0428
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
96th percentile · 96% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many Enterprise techniques or fewer.
98th percentile · 98% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many tactics spanned or fewer.
61% of the population shares a single value across only 22 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
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
48th percentile · 52% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more detection rules per technique.
Detection coverage S0428
1160 distinct rules cover the 35 techniques recorded for this tool. The 1249 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 1160 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 797 Sigma · 363 Splunk.
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