KEYMARBLE

MITRE ATT&CK: S0271 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: KEYMARBLE

First seen
2018-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
trojan, rat
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:47:47

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector

Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:kr country_code:jp

Context

KEYMARBLE is a Trojan that has reportedly been used by the North Korean government.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 265 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • System Network Configuration Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Process Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
  • File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Local Storage Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Screen Capture (attack-pattern)
  • Modify Registry (attack-pattern)
  • Symmetric Cryptography (attack-pattern)
  • File Deletion (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Keymarble_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • ti.qianxin.com — Cb78386A082F465F259B37Dae5Df4884 (report)
  • blog.lexfo.fr — Lexfo Whitepaper The Lazarus Constellation (report)
  • brandefense.io — Lazarus Apt Group Apt38 (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Keymarble (report)
  • research.checkpoint.com — North Korea Turns Against Russian Targets (report)
  • us-cert.gov — Ar18 221A (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0271 (report)

External references