Kivars

MITRE ATT&CK: S0437 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: Kivars

First seen
2010-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
rat
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:55:35

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

Targeted regions: country_code:cn country_code:jp country_code:tw

Context

Kivars is a modular remote access tool (RAT), derived from the Bifrost RAT, that was used by BlackTech in a 2010 campaign.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 135 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • File Deletion (attack-pattern)
  • File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Keylogging (attack-pattern)
  • Hidden Window (attack-pattern)
  • Screen Capture (attack-pattern)
  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • Remote Services (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Kivars_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • Trend Micro — Following Trail Blacktech Cyber Espionage Campaigns (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0437 (report)

External references