RARSTONE

MITRE ATT&CK: S0055 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: RARSTONE

First seen
2013-02-01 00:00:00
Malware type
rat
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 15:29:19

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

Targeted regions: country_code:ph country_code:th country_code:my country_code:id country_code:sg

Context

RARSTONE is malware used by the Naikon group that has some characteristics similar to PlugX.

Detection coverage

  • 101 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Dynamic-link Library Injection (attack-pattern)
  • Non-Application Layer Protocol (attack-pattern)
  • File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • Trend Micro — Rarstone Found In Targeted Attacks (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0055 (report)

External references