Nebulae

MITRE ATT&CK: S0630 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: Nebulae

First seen
2020-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 14:45:02

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector

Targeted regions: country_code:cn country_code:my country_code:ph country_code:au country_code:th

Context

Nebulae Is a backdoor that has been used by Naikon since at least 2020.

Detection coverage

  • 328 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • Local Storage Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Data from Local System (attack-pattern)
  • Non-Application Layer Protocol (attack-pattern)
  • Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
  • Process Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Native API (attack-pattern)
  • Masquerade Task or Service (attack-pattern)
  • File Deletion (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Service (attack-pattern)
  • Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location (attack-pattern)
  • DLL (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
  • File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Symmetric Cryptography (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • bitdefender.com — Bitdefender Pr Whitepaper Naikon Creat5397 En En (report)
  • cybereason.com — Deadringer Exposing Chinese Threat Actors Targeting Major Telcos (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Nebulae (report)
  • twitter.com — 1390339497804636166 (report)
  • bleepingcomputer.com — Cyberspies Target Military Organizations With New Nebulae Backdoor (report)
  • securityweek.com — Chinese Cyberspies Target Military Organizations Asia New Malware (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0630 (report)

External references