TAINTEDSCRIBE

MITRE ATT&CK: S0586 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: TAINTEDSCRIBE

First seen
2020-05-01 00:00:00
Malware type
rat
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 14:48:11

Targeted industries: defense-and-aerospace government-and-public-sector financial-services

Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:kr

Context

TAINTEDSCRIBE is a fully-featured beaconing implant integrated with command modules used by Lazarus Group. It was first reported in May 2020.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 218 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Remote System Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Binary Padding (attack-pattern)
  • Timestomp (attack-pattern)
  • File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Archive Collected Data (attack-pattern)
  • Process Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location (attack-pattern)
  • Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
  • Symmetric Cryptography (attack-pattern)
  • Protocol or Service Impersonation (attack-pattern)
  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • System Time Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Fallback Channels (attack-pattern)
  • File Deletion (attack-pattern)
  • Local Storage Discovery (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Taintedscribe_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • blog.reversinglabs.com — Hidden Cobra (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Taintedscribe (report)
  • us-cert.gov — Ar20 133B (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0586 (report)
  • CISA — Ar20 133B (report)

External references