adbupd

MITRE ATT&CK: S0202 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: adbupd

First seen
2017-05-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:22:43

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications defense-and-aerospace

Targeted regions: country_code:in country_code:pk country_code:bd

Context

adbupd is a backdoor used by PLATINUM that is similar to Dipsind.

Detection coverage

  • 38 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Windows Management Instrumentation Event Subscription (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
  • Asymmetric Cryptography (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • Microsoft — Platinum%20Feature%20Article%20 %20Targeted%20Attacks%20In%20South%20And%20Southeast%20Asia%20April%202016 (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0202 (report)

External references