EvilGrab

MITRE ATT&CK: S0152 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: Vidgrab, EvilGrab

First seen
2012-08-01 00:00:00
Malware type
rat, screen-capture, trojan
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Last IoC activity
2026-04-30 03:42:14
Profile updated
2026-07-07 15:44:52

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications

Targeted regions: country_code:cn country_code:jp country_code:us

Context

EvilGrab is a malware family with common reconnaissance capabilities. It has been deployed by menuPass via malicious Microsoft Office documents as part of spearphishing campaigns.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 50 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Keylogging (attack-pattern)
  • Audio Capture (attack-pattern)
  • Video Capture (attack-pattern)
  • Screen Capture (attack-pattern)
  • Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Evilgrab_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • pwc.co.uk — Cloud Hopper Report Final V4 (report)
  • app.box.com — Z1Uanuv1Vn3Vw5Iket1R6Bqrmlra0Gpn (report)
  • web.archive.org — Globalthreatintelreport (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Evilgrab (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0152 (report)
  • pwc.co.uk — Pwc Uk Operation Cloud Hopper Technical Annex April 2017 (report)

External references