HAPPYWORK

MITRE ATT&CK: S0214 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: HAPPYWORK

First seen
2016-11-01 00:00:00
Malware type
downloader
Family
Malware family
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:21:47

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector financial-services

Targeted regions: country_code:kr

Context

HAPPYWORK is a downloader used by APT37 to target South Korean government and financial victims in November 2016.

Detection coverage

  • 130 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • services.google.com — Apt37 Reaper The Overlooked North Korean Actor (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0214 (report)

External references