HOMEFRY

MITRE ATT&CK: S0232 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: HOMEFRY

Malware type
credential-stealer
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:52:59

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications

Context

HOMEFRY is a 64-bit Windows password dumper/cracker that has previously been used in conjunction with other Leviathan backdoors.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 60 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • OS Credential Dumping (attack-pattern)
  • Encrypted/Encoded File (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Homefry_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • Mandiant — Suspected Chinese Espionage Group Targeting Maritime And Engineering Industries (report)
  • secureworks.com — Bronze Mohawk (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Homefry (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0232 (report)

External references