Cryptoistic

MITRE ATT&CK: S0498 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: Cryptoistic

First seen
2021-06-15 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
macos
Profile updated
2026-07-07 14:35:22

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

Targeted regions: country_code:kr country_code:jp country_code:us

Context

Cryptoistic is a backdoor, written in Swift, that has been used by Lazarus Group.

Detection coverage

  • 153 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Data from Local System (attack-pattern)
  • Encrypted Channel (attack-pattern)
  • File Deletion (attack-pattern)
  • File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • Non-Application Layer Protocol (attack-pattern)
  • System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • sentinelone.com — Four Distinct Families Of Lazarus Malware Target Apples Macos Platform (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0498 (report)

External references