LOWBALL

MITRE ATT&CK: S0042 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: LOWBALL

First seen
2015-08-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:40:17

Targeted industries: media-and-entertainment

Targeted regions: country_code:hk

Context

LOWBALL is malware used by admin@338. It was used in August 2015 in email messages targeting Hong Kong-based media organizations.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 104 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • Bidirectional Communication (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Lowball_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • Mandiant — China Based Threat (report)
  • kindredsec.com — An Overview Of Public Platform C2S (report)
  • kindredsec.wordpress.com — An Overview Of Public Platform C2S (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Lowball (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0042 (report)

External references