PolyglotDuke can custom encrypt strings.2
tool
PolyglotDuke S0518
- Type
- malware
- Platform
- Windows
- Created
- 23 September 2020
- Last modified
- 16 April 2025
PolyglotDuke is a downloader that has been used by APT29 since at least 2013. PolyglotDuke has been used to drop MiniDuke.[1]
10
Techniques47th pct
5
Tactics41st pct
1
Threat groupunranked
1
Campaignunranked
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference S0518
PolyglotDuke can use steganography to hide C2 information in images.3
PolyglotDuke can store encrypted JSON configuration files in the Registry.4
PolyglotDuke has has used HTTP GET requests in C2 communications.5
PolyglotDuke can use Twitter, Reddit, Imgur and other websites to get a C2 URL.6
PolyglotDuke can retrieve payloads from the C2 server.7
Standing S0518
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
Techniques1047th pct
47th percentile · 53% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have more Enterprise techniques.
Tactics541st pct
41st percentile · 59% 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.
Campaign185% 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 / technique38.5medTop 14%
86th percentile · 86% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.
Tests / technique8med
Detection coverage S0518
567 distinct rules cover the 10 techniques recorded for this tool. The 585 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 567 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 404 Sigma · 163 Splunk.
10 covered by at least one rule567 distinct rules in total
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