MarkiRAT
MITRE ATT&CK: S0652 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: MarkiRAT
- First seen
- 2015-01-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- rat
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Related IoCs
- 1 (1 malicious)
- Last IoC activity
- 2026-02-27 02:31:50
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 13:12:53
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications
Targeted regions: country_code:ir
Context
MarkiRAT is a remote access Trojan (RAT) compiled with Visual Studio that has been used by Ferocious Kitten since at least 2015.
Recent IoC activity
1 malicious indicator in Maltiverse are attributed to MarkiRAT (S0652). The 1 most recently updated:
| Type | Indicator | Updated | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| file sample | 2026-02-27_5f94a1a7a105159ca16e19a31f7ead49_amadey_cobalt-strike_darkgate_ele... | 2026-02-27 | 1 |
Detection coverage
- 342 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- BITS Jobs (attack-pattern)
- System Language Discovery (attack-pattern)
- System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)
- File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Native API (attack-pattern)
- Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
- Shortcut Modification (attack-pattern)
- Data from Local System (attack-pattern)
- Keylogging (attack-pattern)
- Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
- Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
- Security Software Discovery (attack-pattern)
- System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (attack-pattern)
- Password Managers (attack-pattern)
- Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location (attack-pattern)
- Process Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Local Data Staging (attack-pattern)
- Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
- Software Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Clipboard Data (attack-pattern)
- Screen Capture (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
- Ferocious Kitten (threat-actor)
Reports & references
- Kaspersky — 102806 (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Markirat (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S0652 (report)