BADFLICK

MITRE ATT&CK: S0642 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: BADFLICK

Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:52:57

Targeted industries: transportation-and-logistics manufacturing

Targeted regions: country_code:us

Context

BADFLICK is a backdoor used by Leviathan in spearphishing campaigns first reported in 2018 that targeted the U.S. engineering and maritime industries.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 204 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Archive via Library (attack-pattern)
  • File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Malicious File (attack-pattern)
  • Data from Local System (attack-pattern)
  • Spearphishing Attachment (attack-pattern)
  • Time Based Checks (attack-pattern)
  • System Network Configuration Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Badflick_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • Mandiant — Suspected Chinese Espionage Group Targeting Maritime And Engineering Industries (report)
  • accenture.com — Mudcarps Focus On Submarine Technologies (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Badflick (report)
  • blog.amossys.fr — Badflick Is Not So Bad (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0642 (report)

External references