TDTESS

MITRE ATT&CK: S0164 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: TDTESS

First seen
2019-06-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 15:45:09

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

Targeted regions: country_code:il country_code:sa country_code:us

Context

TDTESS is a 64-bit .NET binary backdoor used by CopyKittens.

Detection coverage

  • 153 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
  • Timestomp (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Service (attack-pattern)
  • File Deletion (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • clearskysec.com — Tulip (report)
  • clearskysec.com — Operation Wilted Tulip (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Tdtess (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0164 (report)

External references