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:

TypeIndicatorUpdatedSources
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

Reports & references

  • Kaspersky — 102806 (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Markirat (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0652 (report)

External references