Rifdoor

MITRE ATT&CK: S0433 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: Rifdoor

First seen
2019-05-01 00:00:00
Malware type
rat
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:54:13

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications

Context

Rifdoor is a remote access trojan (RAT) that shares numerous code similarities with HotCroissant.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 149 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Encrypted/Encoded File (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Binary Padding (attack-pattern)
  • System Network Configuration Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
  • Spearphishing Attachment (attack-pattern)
  • Symmetric Cryptography (attack-pattern)
  • System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Malicious File (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Rifdoor_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • pwc.co.uk — Cyber Threats 2019 Retrospect (report)
  • issuemakerslab.com — Research3 (report)
  • carbonblack.com — Vmware Carbon Black Tau Threat Analysis The Evolution Of Lazarus (report)
  • global.ahnlab.com — [Ahnlab]Andariel A Subgroup Of Lazarus%20(3) (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Rifdoor (report)
  • mega.nz — Lkh1Gy5C (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0433 (report)

External references