Psylo

MITRE ATT&CK: S0078 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: Psylo

First seen
2015-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
trojan
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:18:49

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector media-and-entertainment education-and-nonprofits

Targeted regions: country_code:cn country_code:us

Context

Psylo is a shellcode-based Trojan that has been used by Scarlet Mimic. It has similar characteristics as FakeM.

Detection coverage

  • 130 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (attack-pattern)
  • Timestomp (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com — Scarlet Mimic Years Long Espionage Targets Minority Activists (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0078 (report)

External references