ZeroT

MITRE ATT&CK: S0230 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: ZeroT

First seen
2017-04-12 00:00:00
Malware type
trojan
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Related IoCs
1 (1 malicious)
Last IoC activity
2025-08-31 00:07:37
Profile updated
2026-07-07 15:44:03

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

Targeted regions: country_code:cn country_code:in country_code:ru

Context

ZeroT is a Trojan used by TA459, often in conjunction with PlugX.

Recent IoC activity

1 malicious indicator in Maltiverse are attributed to ZeroT (S0230). The 1 most recently updated:

TypeIndicatorUpdatedSources
file sample c297e02f804f7c95762ada2efb98866c6a509db4ace8bf06f95af3a41c8e702c 2025-08-31 2

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 330 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
  • Bypass User Account Control (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Service (attack-pattern)
  • Junk Code Insertion (attack-pattern)
  • DLL (attack-pattern)
  • System Network Configuration Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Steganography (attack-pattern)
  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • Software Packing (attack-pattern)
  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • Symmetric Cryptography (attack-pattern)
  • Encrypted/Encoded File (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Zerot_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • proofpoint.com — Apt Targets Financial Analysts (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Zerot (report)
  • proofpoint.com — Apt Targets Russia Belarus Zerot Plugx (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0230 (report)

External references