Spark

MITRE ATT&CK: S0543 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: Spark

First seen
2017-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Last IoC activity
2026-05-18 04:02:42
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:21:04

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

Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:ru country_code:cn

Context

Spark is a Windows backdoor and has been in use since as early as 2017.

Detection coverage

  • 141 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Software Packing (attack-pattern)
  • System Language Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
  • Standard Encoding (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • User Activity Based Checks (attack-pattern)
  • System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
  • Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (attack-pattern)
  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • cybereason.com — Molerats In The Cloud New Malware Arsenal Abuses Cloud Platforms In Middle East Espionage Campaign (report)
  • Palo Alto Unit 42 — Molerats Delivers Spark Backdoor (report)
  • cybereason.com — New Malware Arsenal Abusing Cloud Platforms In Middle East Espionage Campaign (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Spark (report)
  • zscaler.com — New Espionage Attack Molerats Apt Targeting Users Middle East (report)
  • cybereason.com — New Cyber Espionage Campaigns Targeting Palestinians Part One (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0543 (report)

External references