Flame
MITRE ATT&CK: S0143 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: Flamer, sKyWIper, Flame
- First seen
- 2010-01-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- spyware, worm
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Related IoCs
- 1 (1 malicious)
- Last IoC activity
- 2026-06-05 05:57:20
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 12:48:34
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector energy-and-utilities
Targeted regions: country_code:ir country_code:il country_code:sa country_code:sy
Context
Flame is a sophisticated toolkit that has been used to collect information since at least 2010, largely targeting Middle East countries.
Recent IoC activity
1 malicious indicator in Maltiverse are attributed to Flame (S0143). The 1 most recently updated:
| Type | Indicator | Updated | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| file sample | 00004784.dl | 2026-06-05 | 1 |
Detection coverage
- 1 YARA rules
- 72 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Exploitation of Remote Services (attack-pattern)
- Audio Capture (attack-pattern)
- Exfiltration Over Bluetooth (attack-pattern)
- Masquerade Account Name (attack-pattern)
- Security Software Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Local Account (attack-pattern)
- Screen Capture (attack-pattern)
- Authentication Package (attack-pattern)
- Rundll32 (attack-pattern)
- Data from Local System (attack-pattern)
- Theft of Operational Information (attack-pattern)
- Replication Through Removable Media (attack-pattern)
Detection rules
- MALPEDIA_Win_Flame_Auto (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- Broadcom/Symantec — Viewdocument (report)
- crysys.hu — Ukatemicrysys Territorialdispute (report)
- ESET — Eset Jumping The Air Gap Wp (report)
- web.archive.org — 202304114E0Fa0F4Fd1D408Aaddeef8Be63A4757 20230411161526 0531 (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Flame (report)
- github.com — Flame%202.0%20Risen%20From%20The%20Ashes (report)
- storage.googleapis.com — Flame%202.0%20Risen%20From%20The%20Ashes (report)
- Broadcom/Symantec — Flamer Recipe Bluetoothache (report)
- Kaspersky — 34344 (report)
- crysys.hu — Skywiper (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S0143 (report)