Misdat
MITRE ATT&CK: S0083 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: Misdat
- First seen
- 2010-01-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- backdoor
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 15:44:22
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector energy-and-utilities technology-and-telecommunications
Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:jp country_code:kr
Context
Misdat is a backdoor that was used in Operation Dust Storm from 2010 to 2011.
Detection coverage
- 224 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (attack-pattern)
- Non-Application Layer Protocol (attack-pattern)
- Data from Local System (attack-pattern)
- File Deletion (attack-pattern)
- Clear Persistence (attack-pattern)
- System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Boot or Logon Autostart Execution (attack-pattern)
- Standard Encoding (attack-pattern)
- Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
- Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
- System Language Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Software Packing (attack-pattern)
- Timestomp (attack-pattern)
- Native API (attack-pattern)
- Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
- Operation Dust Storm (campaign)
Reports & references
- cylance.com — Op Dust Storm Report (report)
- s7d2.scene7.com — Op Dust Storm Report (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Misdat (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S0083 (report)