VERMIN

MITRE ATT&CK: S0257 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: VERMIN

First seen
2018-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
rat
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:13:49

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector

Targeted regions: country_code:ua

Context

VERMIN is a remote access tool written in the Microsoft .NET framework. It is mostly composed of original code, but also has some open source code.

Detection coverage

  • 242 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • System Network Configuration Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Software Packing (attack-pattern)
  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • Audio Capture (attack-pattern)
  • File Deletion (attack-pattern)
  • Keylogging (attack-pattern)
  • Security Software Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Clipboard Data (attack-pattern)
  • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
  • Automated Collection (attack-pattern)
  • Archive Collected Data (attack-pattern)
  • Screen Capture (attack-pattern)
  • Encrypted/Encoded File (attack-pattern)
  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Process Discovery (attack-pattern)

Reports & references

  • socprime.com — Vermin Uac 0020 Hacking Collective Hits Ukrainian Government And Military With Spectr Malware (report)
  • ESET — Deep Dive Vermin Rathole (report)
  • Mandiant — Spear Phishing Campaign Targets Ukraine Government (report)
  • researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com — Unit42 Vermin Quasar Rat Custom Malware Used Ukraine (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Vermin (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0257 (report)

External references