SHARPSTATS

MITRE ATT&CK: S0450 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: SHARPSTATS

First seen
2019-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 14:08:30

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector energy-and-utilities technology-and-telecommunications financial-services

Targeted regions: country_code:sa country_code:iq country_code:ir country_code:tr country_code:us

Context

SHARPSTATS is a .NET backdoor used by MuddyWater since at least 2019.

Detection coverage

  • 329 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • System Network Configuration Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • PowerShell (attack-pattern)
  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • Command Obfuscation (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • System Time Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • Trend Micro — Wp New Muddywater Findings Uncovered (report)
  • Trend Micro — Muddywater Resurfaces Uses Multi Stage Backdoor Powerstats V3 And New Post Exploitation Tools (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Sharpstats (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0450 (report)

External references