SLOWDRIFT

MITRE ATT&CK: S0218 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: SLOWDRIFT

Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:21:48

Targeted industries: education-and-nonprofits government-and-public-sector

Targeted regions: country_code:kr

Context

SLOWDRIFT is a backdoor used by APT37 against academic and strategic victims in South Korea.

Detection coverage

  • 104 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Bidirectional Communication (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 — S0218 (report)

External references