HTTPBrowser

MITRE ATT&CK: S0070 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: Token Control, HttpDump, HTTPBrowser

First seen
2012-06-01 00:00:00
Malware type
rat
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Last IoC activity
2026-06-15 10:45:04
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:36:15

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

Targeted regions: country_code:cn country_code:us

Context

HTTPBrowser is malware that has been used by several threat groups. It is believed to be of Chinese origin.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 388 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • DLL (attack-pattern)
  • Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
  • Obfuscated Files or Information (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
  • Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location (attack-pattern)
  • DNS (attack-pattern)
  • File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Keylogging (attack-pattern)
  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • File Deletion (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Httpbrowser_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • MITRE ATT&CK — G0026 (report)
  • secureworks.com — Threat Group 3390 Targets Organizations For Cyberespionage (report)
  • threatconnect.com — Threatconnect Discovers Chinese Apt Activity In Europe (report)
  • secureworks.com — Bronze Union (report)
  • threatconnect.com — The Anthem Hack All Roads Lead To China (report)
  • threatstream.com — Evasive Maneuvers The Wekby Group Attempts To Evade Analysis Via Custom Rop (report)
  • web.archive.org — Globalthreatintelreport (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Httpbrowser (report)
  • threatconnect.com — The Anthem Hack All Roads Lead To China (report)
  • nccgroup.trust — Emissary Panda A Potential New Malicious Tool (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0070 (report)

External references