Qilin can employ an embedded Mimikatz module to dump LSASS memory.6
tool
Qilin S1242
- Type
- malware
- Platforms
- ESXi, Windows, Linux
- Created
- 26 September 2025
- Last modified
- 23 April 2026
Qilin is a ransomware family operated as a ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) that has been active since at least 2022. It includes variants written in Go and Rust capable of targeting Windows, Linux, and VMware ESXi environments. Qilin shares functionality overlaps with Black Basta, REvil, and BlackCat ransomware. Qilin affiliates have targeted multiple entities worldwide with the majority of victims in the US, France, Canada, and the UK, primarily in the manufacturing, technology, financial services, and healthcare sectors.[1][2][3][4][5]
52
TechniquesTop 1%
11
TacticsTop 2%
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 S1242
Qilin can identify specific services for termination or to be left running at execution.78910
Qilin can check HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control SystemStartOptions to determine if a machine is running in safe mode.11
Qilin can accept a command line argument identifying specific IPs.12
Qilin can enumerate domain-connected hosts during its discovery phase.131415
Qilin can embed a copy of PsExec within its payload and place it in the %Temp% directory under a randomly generated filename.1617
Standing S1242
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
Techniques52Top 1%
99th percentile · 99% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many Enterprise techniques or fewer.
Tactics11Top 2%
98th percentile · 98% 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 / technique26med64th pct
64th percentile · 64% of 825 ATT&CK software entries have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.
Tests / technique5.5med
Detection coverage S1242
2039 distinct rules cover the 52 techniques recorded for this tool. The 2310 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 2039 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 1305 Sigma · 734 Splunk.
49 covered by at least one rule3 with no coverage2039 distinct rules in total
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