Regin

MITRE ATT&CK: S0019 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: Regin

First seen
2003-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor, spyware, rootkit
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Last IoC activity
2026-07-15 19:03:11
Profile updated
2026-07-07 15:43:58

Targeted industries: financial-services government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications

Targeted regions: country_code:be country_code:ru country_code:su country_code:ir country_code:pk country_code:zm

Context

Regin is a malware platform that has targeted victims in a range of industries, including telecom, government, and financial institutions. Some Regin timestamps date back to 2003.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 184 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • NTFS File Attributes (attack-pattern)
  • Hidden File System (attack-pattern)
  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • Keylogging (attack-pattern)
  • Invalid Code Signature (attack-pattern)
  • External Proxy (attack-pattern)
  • File Transfer Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • SMB/Windows Admin Shares (attack-pattern)
  • Non-Application Layer Protocol (attack-pattern)
  • Network Sniffing (attack-pattern)
  • Modify Registry (attack-pattern)

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Regin_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • Broadcom/Symantec — Viewdocument (report)
  • Kaspersky — 97239 (report)
  • epicturla.com — Hitb2020 Voltron Sta (report)
  • youtube.com — Watch (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Regin (report)
  • Broadcom/Symantec — Regin Top Tier Espionage Tool 15 En (report)
  • media.kasperskycontenthub.com — Kaspersky Lab Whitepaper Regin Platform Eng (report)
  • kaspersky.com — 6852 (report)
  • Kaspersky — 67741 (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0019 (report)

External references