RemoteUtilities

MITRE ATT&CK: S0592 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: RemoteUtilities

First seen
2021-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
rat
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:52:19

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

Targeted regions: country_code:ir country_code:sa country_code:tr

Context

RemoteUtilities is a legitimate remote administration tool that has been used by MuddyWater since at least 2021 for execution on target machines.

Detection coverage

  • 110 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • Msiexec (attack-pattern)
  • Screen Capture (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • Trend Micro — Earth Vetala Muddywater Continues To Target Organizations In T (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0592 (report)

External references