OwaAuth

MITRE ATT&CK: S0072 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: luckyowa, OwaAuth

First seen
2015-10-01 00:00:00
Malware type
webshell, credential-stealer
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:37:07

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

Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:cn country_code:ru

Context

OwaAuth is a Web shell and credential stealer deployed to Microsoft Exchange servers that appears to be exclusively used by Threat Group-3390.

Detection coverage

  • 103 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Web Shell (attack-pattern)
  • Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location (attack-pattern)
  • Keylogging (attack-pattern)
  • File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Timestomp (attack-pattern)
  • Archive via Custom Method (attack-pattern)
  • IIS Components (attack-pattern)
  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)

Reports & references

  • secureworks.com — Threat Group 3390 Targets Organizations For Cyberespionage (report)
  • secureworks.com — Bronze Union (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Owaauth (report)
  • threatpost.com — 114925 (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0072 (report)

External references