DustySky
MITRE ATT&CK: S0062 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: NeD Worm, DustySky
- First seen
- 2015-05-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- spyware, worm
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 12:49:37
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector media-and-entertainment
Targeted regions: country_code:sa country_code:qa country_code:ps
Context
DustySky is multi-stage malware written in .NET that has been used by Molerats since May 2015.
Detection coverage
- 321 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
- Software Discovery (attack-pattern)
- File Deletion (attack-pattern)
- Replication Through Removable Media (attack-pattern)
- Obfuscated Files or Information (attack-pattern)
- Archive via Utility (attack-pattern)
- Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (attack-pattern)
- Keylogging (attack-pattern)
- Peripheral Device Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Windows Management Instrumentation (attack-pattern)
- Local Data Staging (attack-pattern)
- Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
- Screen Capture (attack-pattern)
- Security Software Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Lateral Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
- Fallback Channels (attack-pattern)
- System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Process Discovery (attack-pattern)
- File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
- Molerats (threat-actor)
Reports & references
- clearskysec.com — Operation%20Dustysky Tlp White (report)
- clearskysec.com — Operation Dustysky2 6.2016 Tlp White (report)
- Kaspersky — 90068 (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S0062 (report)