Lucifer
MITRE ATT&CK: S0532 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: Lucifer
- First seen
- 2020-06-11 00:00:00
- Malware type
- cryptominer, ddos, worm
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Related IoCs
- 38 (31 malicious)
- Last IoC activity
- 2026-08-22 00:21:47
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 15:10:19
Targeted industries: technology-and-telecommunications energy-and-utilities financial-services
Context
Lucifer is a crypto miner and DDoS hybrid malware that leverages well-known exploits to spread laterally on Windows platforms.
Recent IoC activity
31 malicious indicators in Maltiverse are attributed to Lucifer (S0532). The 20 most recently updated:
Detection coverage
- 1 YARA rules
- 397 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Compute Hijacking (attack-pattern)
- System Network Configuration Discovery (attack-pattern)
- System Network Connections Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
- Process Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
- Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
- Symmetric Cryptography (attack-pattern)
- System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Lateral Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
- System Checks (attack-pattern)
- Software Packing (attack-pattern)
- Scheduled Task (attack-pattern)
- System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Password Guessing (attack-pattern)
- Network Denial of Service (attack-pattern)
- Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
- Application Layer Protocol (attack-pattern)
- Exploitation of Remote Services (attack-pattern)
- Clear Windows Event Logs (attack-pattern)
- Network Service Discovery (attack-pattern)
- SMB/Windows Admin Shares (attack-pattern)
- Query Registry (attack-pattern)
- Windows Management Instrumentation (attack-pattern)
Detection rules
- SEKOIA_Bot_Lin_Lucifer_Strings (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Lucifer (report)
- research.checkpoint.com — Rudeminer Blacksquid And Lucifer Walk Into A Bar (report)
- Palo Alto Unit 42 — Lucifer New Cryptojacking And Ddos Hybrid Malware (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S0532 (report)