MirageFox

MITRE ATT&CK: S0280 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: MirageFox

First seen
2018-05-01 00:00:00
Malware type
rat
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:39:51

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector

Targeted regions: country_code:cn country_code:us

Context

MirageFox is a remote access tool used against Windows systems. It appears to be an upgraded version of a tool known as Mirage, which is a RAT believed to originate in 2012.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 181 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • DLL (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
  • System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Miragefox_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • intezer.com — Miragefox Apt15 Resurfaces With New Tools Based On Old Ones (report)
  • web.archive.org — Miragefox Apt15 Resurfaces With New Tools Based On Old Ones (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Miragefox (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0280 (report)

External references