Drovorub
MITRE ATT&CK: S0502 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: Drovorub
- First seen
- 2020-08-13 00:00:00
- Malware type
- rootkit, backdoor
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- linux
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 13:19:59
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector defense-and-aerospace technology-and-telecommunications
Targeted regions: country_code:us
Context
Drovorub is a Linux malware toolset comprised of an agent, client, server, and kernel modules, that has been used by APT28.
Detection coverage
- 2 YARA rules
- 255 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
- Data from Local System (attack-pattern)
- Obfuscated Files or Information (attack-pattern)
- File Deletion (attack-pattern)
- Kernel Modules and Extensions (attack-pattern)
- Non-Application Layer Protocol (attack-pattern)
- Rootkit (attack-pattern)
- Internal Proxy (attack-pattern)
- Unix Shell (attack-pattern)
- Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
- Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (attack-pattern)
- Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
- APT28 (threat-actor)
Detection rules
- SIGNATURE_BASE_APT_APT28_Drovorub_Library_And_Unique_Strings (yara-rule)
- SIGNATURE_BASE_APT_APT28_Drovorub_Unique_Network_Comms_Strings (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- media.defense.gov — Csa Drovorub Russian Gru Malware Aug 2020 (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S0502 (report)