BoomBox
MITRE ATT&CK: S0635 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: BoomBox
- First seen
- 2021-01-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- downloader
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 13:20:43
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications
Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:ru country_code:gb
Context
BoomBox is a downloader responsible for executing next stage components that has been used by APT29 since at least 2021.
Detection coverage
- 3 YARA rules
- 453 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Rundll32 (attack-pattern)
- Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
- Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
- Web Service (attack-pattern)
- Domain Account (attack-pattern)
- Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
- Malicious File (attack-pattern)
- System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
- File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Masquerading (attack-pattern)
- Execution Guardrails (attack-pattern)
- Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
- System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Exfiltration to Cloud Storage (attack-pattern)
- Email Account (attack-pattern)
- Obfuscated Files or Information (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
- APT29 (threat-actor)
Detection rules
- ARKBIRD_SOLG_MAL_Boombox_May_2021_1 (yara-rule)
- SIGNATURE_BASE_APT_APT29_NOBELIUM_Boombox_May21_1 (yara-rule)
- SIGNATURE_BASE_APT_APT29_NOBELIUM_Boombox_May21_2 (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- Microsoft — Breaking Down Nobeliums Latest Early Stage Toolset (report)
- r136a1.info — A Look Into Apt29S New Early Stage Google Drive Downloader (report)
- incibe-cert.es — Incibe Cert Estudio Analisis Nobelium 2022 V1 (report)
- incibe.es — Incibe Cert Estudio Analisis Nobelium 2022 V1 (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Boombox (report)
- cert.pl — Kampania Szpiegowska Apt29 (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S0635 (report)