Wingbird

MITRE ATT&CK: S0176 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: Wingbird

First seen
2016-05-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:49:48

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector

Targeted regions: country_code:de

Context

Wingbird is a backdoor that appears to be a version of commercial software FinFisher. It is reportedly used to attack individual computers instead of networks. It was used by NEODYMIUM in a May 2016 campaign.

Detection coverage

  • 249 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • DLL (attack-pattern)
  • File Deletion (attack-pattern)
  • Service Execution (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Service (attack-pattern)
  • Security Software Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (attack-pattern)
  • Process Injection (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • LSASS Driver (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • Microsoft — Twin Zero Day Attacks Promethium And Neodymium Target Individuals In Europe (report)
  • Microsoft — Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Volume 21 English (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0176 (report)
  • Microsoft — Malware Encyclopedia Description (report)

External references