FinFisher

MITRE ATT&CK: S0182 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: FinSpy, FinFisher

First seen
2011-05-01 00:00:00
Malware type
spyware, rat
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows, android
Related IoCs
1 (1 malicious)
Last IoC activity
2026-08-28 02:29:15
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:55:33

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector financial-services healthcare-and-pharmaceutical technology-and-telecommunications

Context

FinFisher is a government-grade commercial surveillance spyware reportedly sold exclusively to government agencies for use in targeted and lawful criminal investigations. It is heavily obfuscated and uses multiple anti-analysis techniques. It has other variants including Wingbird.

Recent IoC activity

1 malicious indicator in Maltiverse are attributed to FinFisher (S0182). The 1 most recently updated:

TypeIndicatorUpdatedSources
file sample f5c245bd4d7eb95f9a2afde8960ef9c9640ad426a8e438b52caca1541b928954.bin 2026-08-28 1

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 430 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Token Impersonation/Theft (attack-pattern)
  • Screen Capture (attack-pattern)
  • Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
  • Clear Windows Event Logs (attack-pattern)
  • System Checks (attack-pattern)
  • DLL (attack-pattern)
  • Credential API Hooking (attack-pattern)
  • Software Packing (attack-pattern)
  • Dynamic-link Library Injection (attack-pattern)
  • Bypass User Account Control (attack-pattern)
  • File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Bootkit (attack-pattern)
  • Query Registry (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Service (attack-pattern)
  • Junk Code Insertion (attack-pattern)
  • Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location (attack-pattern)
  • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
  • Process Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Security Software Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Obfuscated Files or Information (attack-pattern)
  • KernelCallbackTable (attack-pattern)
  • Call Log (attack-pattern)
  • Audio Capture (attack-pattern)
  • Location Tracking (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Finfisher_Auto (yara-rule)

Related threat objects

Reports & references

  • Kaspersky — 82732 (report)
  • Mandiant — Zero Day Used To Distribute Finspy (report)
  • Microsoft — Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Volume 21 English (report)
  • Microsoft — Finfisher Exposed A Researchers Tale Of Defeating Traps Tricks And Complex Virtual Machines (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0182 (report)
  • web.archive.org — Index (report)

External references