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
- Naikon (threat-actor)
Reports & references
- Trend Micro — Rarstone Found In Targeted Attacks (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S0055 (report)