SoreFang

MITRE ATT&CK: S0516 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: SoreFang

First seen
2018-08-01 00:00:00
Malware type
downloader
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:20:49

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

Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:ru

Context

SoreFang is first stage downloader used by APT29 for exfiltration and to load other malware.

Detection coverage

  • 393 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • Domain Account (attack-pattern)
  • Process Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • Exploit Public-Facing Application (attack-pattern)
  • Scheduled Task (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Local Account (attack-pattern)
  • Domain Groups (attack-pattern)
  • System Network Configuration Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Local Storage Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Obfuscated Files or Information (attack-pattern)
  • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • ncsc.gov.uk — Advisory Apt29 Targets Covid 19 Vaccine Development V1 1 (report)
  • Kaspersky — 99204 (report)
  • ncsc.gov.uk — Advisory Apt29 Targets Covid 19 Vaccine Development (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Sorefang (report)
  • CISA — Ar20 198A (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0516 (report)

External references