Mivast
MITRE ATT&CK: S0080 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: Mivast
- Malware type
- backdoor
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 13:18:30
Targeted industries: healthcare-and-pharmaceutical government-and-public-sector
Targeted regions: country_code:us
Context
Mivast is a backdoor that has been used by Deep Panda. It was reportedly used in the Anthem breach.
Detection coverage
- 156 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
- Security Account Manager (attack-pattern)
- Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
- Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
- Deep Panda (threat-actor)
Reports & references
- web.archive.org — The Black Vine Cyberespionage Group (report)
- Broadcom/Symantec — Writeup.Jsp (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S0080 (report)