BUBBLEWRAP

MITRE ATT&CK: S0043 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: Backdoor.APT.FakeWinHTTPHelper, BUBBLEWRAP

First seen
2013-08-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:40:15

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

Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:cn country_code:in

Context

BUBBLEWRAP is a full-featured, second-stage backdoor used by the admin@338 group. It is set to run when the system boots and includes functionality to check, upload, and register plug-ins that can further enhance its capabilities.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 65 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • Non-Application Layer Protocol (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Bubblewrap_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • Mandiant — China Based Threat (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Bubblewrap (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0043 (report)

External references