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
- APT37 (threat-actor)
Reports & references
- services.google.com — Apt37 Reaper The Overlooked North Korean Actor (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S0213 (report)