DownPaper
MITRE ATT&CK: S0186 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: DownPaper
- First seen
- 2015-05-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- backdoor, downloader
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 15:45:17
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector financial-services
Targeted regions: country_code:cn country_code:us
Context
DownPaper is a backdoor Trojan; its main functionality is to download and run second stage malware.
Detection coverage
- 337 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Query Registry (attack-pattern)
- System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
- Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
- PowerShell (attack-pattern)
- Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
- Magic Hound (threat-actor)
Reports & references
- clearskysec.com — Charming Kitten 2017 (report)
- clearskysec.com — Charming Kitten 2017 (report)
- infinitumit.com.tr — Apt 35 (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Downpaper (report)
- clearskysec.com — Charmingkitten (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S0186 (report)