Dok

MITRE ATT&CK: S0281 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: Retefe, Dok

First seen
2017-04-01 00:00:00
Malware type
trojan, credential-stealer
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
macos
Related IoCs
2 (2 malicious)
Last IoC activity
2026-07-30 12:36:35
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:41:25

Targeted industries: financial-services

Targeted regions: country_code:ch country_code:de

Context

Dok is a Trojan application disguised as a .zip file that is able to collect user credentials and install a malicious proxy server to redirect a user's network traffic (i.e. Adversary-in-the-Middle).

Recent IoC activity

2 malicious indicators in Maltiverse are attributed to Dok (S0281). The 2 most recently updated:

TypeIndicatorUpdatedSources
hostname yzpayb4sqad7gnin.onion 2026-07-30 1
file sample ExeFile (69).exe 2026-05-11 2

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 49 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Adversary-in-the-Middle (attack-pattern)
  • Software Packing (attack-pattern)
  • Launch Agent (attack-pattern)
  • AppleScript (attack-pattern)
  • Linux and Mac Permissions (attack-pattern)
  • Exfiltration Over Unencrypted Non-C2 Protocol (attack-pattern)
  • Install Root Certificate (attack-pattern)
  • Sudo and Sudo Caching (attack-pattern)
  • GUI Input Capture (attack-pattern)
  • Multi-hop Proxy (attack-pattern)
  • Login Items (attack-pattern)

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Retefe_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • objective-see.com — Blog 0X25 (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0281 (report)
  • blog.checkpoint.com — Osx Malware Catching Wants Read Https Traffic (report)
  • web.archive.org — Osxdok Analysis (report)

External references