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)