S-Type
MITRE ATT&CK: S0085 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: S-Type
- First seen
- 2013-01-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- backdoor
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 13:18:35
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector energy-and-utilities financial-services
Targeted regions: country_code:jp country_code:kr country_code:us
Context
S-Type is a backdoor that was used in Operation Dust Storm since at least 2013.
Detection coverage
- 317 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location (attack-pattern)
- System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (attack-pattern)
- Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
- Fallback Channels (attack-pattern)
- Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
- Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
- System Language Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Local Account (attack-pattern)
- File Deletion (attack-pattern)
- System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Standard Encoding (attack-pattern)
- Shortcut Modification (attack-pattern)
- Software Packing (attack-pattern)
- Clear Persistence (attack-pattern)
- System Network Configuration Discovery (attack-pattern)
- System Service Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Native API (attack-pattern)
- Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
- Local Account (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
- Operation Dust Storm (campaign)
Reports & references
- s7d2.scene7.com — Op Dust Storm Report (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S0085 (report)