WINDSHIELD
MITRE ATT&CK: S0155 View on attack.mitre.org
- First seen
- 2019-04-15 00:00:00
- Malware type
- backdoor
- Family
- Malware family
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 12:50:30
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector energy-and-utilities financial-services
Targeted regions: country_code:vn country_code:th country_code:ph
Context
WINDSHIELD is a signature backdoor attributed to the APT32 group, known for targeting Southeast Asian countries, impacting sectors such as government and finance.
Detection coverage
- 85 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Non-Application Layer Protocol (attack-pattern)
- System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Query Registry (attack-pattern)
- System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
- File Deletion (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
- APT32 (threat-actor)
Reports & references
- Mandiant — Cyber Espionage Apt32 (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S0155 (report)