Ramsay

MITRE ATT&CK: S0458 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: Ramsay

First seen
2020-04-15 00:00:00
Malware type
spyware, trojan
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:35:39

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

Context

Ramsay is an information stealing malware framework designed to collect and exfiltrate sensitive documents, including from air-gapped systems. Researchers have identified overlaps between Ramsay and the Darkhotel-associated Retro malware.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 616 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Network Share Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Dynamic Data Exchange (attack-pattern)
  • Screen Capture (attack-pattern)
  • System Network Configuration Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Native API (attack-pattern)
  • Rootkit (attack-pattern)
  • Network Service Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • Taint Shared Content (attack-pattern)
  • Spearphishing Attachment (attack-pattern)
  • Data from Local System (attack-pattern)
  • Scheduled Task (attack-pattern)
  • Local Data Staging (attack-pattern)
  • Peripheral Device Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • DLL (attack-pattern)
  • Data from Network Shared Drive (attack-pattern)
  • Archive via Custom Method (attack-pattern)
  • Archive via Utility (attack-pattern)
  • Exploitation for Client Execution (attack-pattern)
  • Local Storage Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Steganography (attack-pattern)
  • Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location (attack-pattern)
  • Process Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
  • Bypass User Account Control (attack-pattern)

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Ramsay_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • antiy.cn — 20200522 (report)
  • ESET — Eset Jumping The Air Gap Wp (report)
  • blog.bushidotoken.net — Deep Dive Darkhotel Apt (report)
  • cocomelonc.github.io — Malware Pers 5 (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Ramsay (report)
  • youtube.com — Watch (report)
  • ESET — Ramsay Cyberespionage Toolkit Airgapped Networks (report)
  • sentinelone.com — Why On Device Detection Matters New Ramsay Trojan Targets Air Gapped Networks (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0458 (report)
  • programmersought.com — 62493896999 (report)

External references