CreepySnail

MITRE ATT&CK: S1024 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: CreepySnail

First seen
2022-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
rat, trojan
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:01:20

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector energy-and-utilities technology-and-telecommunications

Targeted regions: country_code:il

Context

CreepySnail is a custom PowerShell implant that has been used by POLONIUM since at least 2022.

Detection coverage

  • 259 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Domain Accounts (attack-pattern)
  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • System Network Configuration Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Standard Encoding (attack-pattern)
  • PowerShell (attack-pattern)
  • Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (attack-pattern)
  • System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • Microsoft — Exposing Polonium Activity And Infrastructure Targeting Israeli Organizations (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Creepysnail (report)
  • ESET — Polonium Targets Israel Creepy Malware (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S1024 (report)

External references