ADVSTORESHELL

MITRE ATT&CK: S0045 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: AZZY, EVILTOSS, NETUI, Sedreco, azzy, eviltoss, ADVSTORESHELL

First seen
2012-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor, spyware
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 15:44:32

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector defense-and-aerospace technology-and-telecommunications

Targeted regions: country_code:ru country_code:us

Context

ADVSTORESHELL is a spying backdoor that has been used by APT28 from at least 2012 to 2016. It is generally used for long-term espionage and is deployed on targets deemed interesting after a reconnaissance phase.

Detection coverage

  • 398 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Component Object Model Hijacking (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Keylogging (attack-pattern)
  • Standard Encoding (attack-pattern)
  • Rundll32 (attack-pattern)
  • Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
  • Archive Collected Data (attack-pattern)
  • File Deletion (attack-pattern)
  • Local Data Staging (attack-pattern)
  • Scheduled Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • Process Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
  • File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Symmetric Cryptography (attack-pattern)
  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • Query Registry (attack-pattern)
  • Peripheral Device Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Modify Registry (attack-pattern)
  • Obfuscated Files or Information (attack-pattern)
  • Archive via Custom Method (attack-pattern)
  • Native API (attack-pattern)
  • Asymmetric Cryptography (attack-pattern)
  • Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • Kaspersky — 72924 (report)
  • Trend Micro — Wp Operation Pawn Storm (report)
  • secureworks.com — Iron Twilight (report)
  • ESET — Eset Sednit Part 2 (report)
  • contagiodump.blogspot.de — Russian Apt Apt28 Collection Of Samples (report)
  • Mandiant — Rpt Apt28 (report)
  • Mandiant — Apt28 Center Of Storm 2017 (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Sedreco (report)
  • Kaspersky — Sofacy Apt Hits High Profile Targets With Updated Toolset (report)
  • malware-reversing.com — 3 Disclosure Of Another 0Day Malware 15 (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0045 (report)

External references