PolyglotDuke
MITRE ATT&CK: S0518 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: PolyglotDuke
- First seen
- 2013-01-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- downloader, dropper
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 12:43:35
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector defense-and-aerospace
Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:ru country_code:de
Context
PolyglotDuke is a downloader that has been used by APT29 since at least 2013. PolyglotDuke has been used to drop MiniDuke.
Detection coverage
- 3 YARA rules
- 328 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Modify Registry (attack-pattern)
- Obfuscated Files or Information (attack-pattern)
- Fileless Storage (attack-pattern)
- Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
- Rundll32 (attack-pattern)
- Native API (attack-pattern)
- Dead Drop Resolver (attack-pattern)
- Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
- Steganography (attack-pattern)
- Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
- Operation Ghost (campaign)
- APT29 (threat-actor)
Detection rules
- ARKBIRD_SOLG_APT_APT29_Polyglotduke_Mar_2021_1 (yara-rule)
- DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Polyglotduke (yara-rule)
- MALPEDIA_Win_Polyglotduke_Auto (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- secureworks.com — Iron Hemlock (report)
- ESET — Eset Operation Ghost Dukes (report)
- ti.qianxin.com — Cb78386A082F465F259B37Dae5Df4884 (report)
- carbonblack.com — The Dukes Of Moscow (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Polyglotduke (report)
- ESET — Operation Ghost Dukes Never Left (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S0518 (report)