HyperStack

MITRE ATT&CK: S0537 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: HyperStack

First seen
2018-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:19:46

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

Targeted regions: country_code:ru country_code:ua country_code:de country_code:us

Context

HyperStack is a RPC-based backdoor used by Turla since at least 2018. HyperStack has similarities to other backdoors used by Turla including Carbon.

Detection coverage

  • 104 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Default Accounts (attack-pattern)
  • Native API (attack-pattern)
  • Inter-Process Communication (attack-pattern)
  • Modify Registry (attack-pattern)
  • Symmetric Cryptography (attack-pattern)
  • Local Account (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • web.archive.org — Turla Belugasturgeon Compromises Government Entity (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0537 (report)

External references