Aria-body

MITRE ATT&CK: S0456 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: Aria-body

First seen
2017-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:03:59

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector defense-and-aerospace

Targeted regions: country_code:cn country_code:my country_code:ph country_code:sg country_code:vn

Context

Aria-body is a custom backdoor that has been used by Naikon since approximately 2017.

Detection coverage

  • 333 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Non-Application Layer Protocol (attack-pattern)
  • Process Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Native API (attack-pattern)
  • Domain Generation Algorithms (attack-pattern)
  • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
  • Data from Removable Media (attack-pattern)
  • System Network Configuration Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Create Process with Token (attack-pattern)
  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • Screen Capture (attack-pattern)
  • System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Application Window Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • File Deletion (attack-pattern)
  • Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
  • Encrypted/Encoded File (attack-pattern)
  • Token Impersonation/Theft (attack-pattern)
  • Proxy (attack-pattern)
  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Dynamic-link Library Injection (attack-pattern)
  • Local Storage Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Archive Collected Data (attack-pattern)
  • System Network Connections Discovery (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • Kaspersky — 98230 (report)
  • cocomelonc.github.io — Malware Trick 36 (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Ariabody (report)
  • bitdefender.com — Bitdefender Pr Whitepaper Naikon Creat5397 En En (report)
  • medium.com — Aria Body Loader Is That You 53Bdd630F8A1 (report)
  • Kaspersky — 96899 (report)
  • research.checkpoint.com — Naikon Apt Cyber Espionage Reloaded (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0456 (report)

External references