MURKYTOP

MITRE ATT&CK: S0233 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: MURKYTOP

Malware type
spyware
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:53:01

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

Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:ca country_code:au

Context

MURKYTOP is a reconnaissance tool used by Leviathan.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 133 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Remote System Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • File Deletion (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
  • Permission Groups Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • At (attack-pattern)
  • Network Share Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Network Service Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Local Account (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Murkytop_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.Murkytop (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0233 (report)

External references