KARAE
MITRE ATT&CK: S0215 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: KARAE
- First seen
- 2017-11-15 00:00:00
- Malware type
- backdoor
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 13:21:39
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications
Targeted regions: country_code:kr country_code:jp
Context
KARAE is a backdoor typically used by APT37 as first-stage malware.
Detection coverage
- 107 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Drive-by Compromise (attack-pattern)
- Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
- System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Bidirectional Communication (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 — S0215 (report)