zwShell
MITRE ATT&CK: S0350 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: zwShell
- First seen
- 2010-04-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- rat
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 15:29:14
Targeted industries: energy-and-utilities
Context
zwShell is a remote access tool (RAT) written in Delphi that has been seen in the wild since the spring of 2010 and used by threat actors during Night Dragon.
Detection coverage
- 329 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Remote Desktop Protocol (attack-pattern)
- SMB/Windows Admin Shares (attack-pattern)
- Scheduled Task (attack-pattern)
- Windows Service (attack-pattern)
- File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
- File Deletion (attack-pattern)
- System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
- System Network Configuration Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Modify Registry (attack-pattern)
- System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
- Night Dragon (campaign)
Reports & references
- MITRE ATT&CK — S0350 (report)
- scadahacker.com — Mcafee%20 %20Night%20Dragon%20 %20Global%20Energy%20Cyberattacks (report)