SUNSPOT
MITRE ATT&CK: S0562 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: SUNSPOT
- First seen
- 2020-02-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- loader
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 13:20:30
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications
Targeted regions: country_code:us
Context
SUNSPOT is an implant that injected the SUNBURST backdoor into the SolarWinds Orion software update framework. It was used by APT29 since at least February 2020.
Detection coverage
- 178 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Process Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Access Token Manipulation (attack-pattern)
- File Deletion (attack-pattern)
- Obfuscated Files or Information (attack-pattern)
- Stored Data Manipulation (attack-pattern)
- File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Execution Guardrails (attack-pattern)
- Compromise Software Supply Chain (attack-pattern)
- Native API (attack-pattern)
- Mutual Exclusion (attack-pattern)
- Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
- Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
- APT29 (threat-actor)
- SolarWinds Compromise (campaign)
Reports & references
- CrowdStrike — Sunspot Malware Technical Analysis (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S0562 (report)