DOGCALL

MITRE ATT&CK: S0213 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: DOGCALL

First seen
2017-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Last IoC activity
2026-06-27 12:27:04
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:21:41

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

Targeted regions: country_code:kr

Context

DOGCALL is a backdoor used by APT37 that has been used to target South Korean government and military organizations in 2017. It is typically dropped using a Hangul Word Processor (HWP) exploit.

Detection coverage

  • 91 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Keylogging (attack-pattern)
  • Screen Capture (attack-pattern)
  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • Encrypted/Encoded File (attack-pattern)
  • Bidirectional Communication (attack-pattern)
  • Audio Capture (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • services.google.com — Apt37 Reaper The Overlooked North Korean Actor (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0213 (report)

External references