PHOREAL

MITRE ATT&CK: S0158 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: Rizzo, PHOREAL

First seen
2017-04-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:50:28

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

Targeted regions: country_code:vn country_code:sg country_code:th

Context

PHOREAL, also known as Rizzo, is a signature backdoor associated with APT32 known for targeting sectors in Southeast Asia. It enables remote control and data exfiltration.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 108 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Modify Registry (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
  • Non-Application Layer Protocol (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Phoreal_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • Mandiant — Cyber Espionage Apt32 (report)
  • secureworks.com — Tin Woodlawn (report)
  • cylance.com — Spyratsofoceanlotusmalwarewhitepaper (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Phoreal (report)
  • elastic.github.io — Article (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0158 (report)

External references