AuTo Stealer

MITRE ATT&CK: S1029 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: AuTo Stealer

First seen
2021-12-01 00:00:00
Malware type
credential-stealer, spyware
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:21:32

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector

Targeted regions: country_code:in country_code:af

Context

AuTo Stealer is malware written in C++ has been used by SideCopy since at least December 2021 to target government agencies and personnel in India and Afghanistan.

Detection coverage

  • 177 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Local Data Staging (attack-pattern)
  • Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
  • System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Non-Application Layer Protocol (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
  • Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (attack-pattern)
  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • Data from Local System (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Security Software Discovery (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • malwarebytes.com — Sidecopy Apt Connecting Lures To Victims Payloads To Infrastructure (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S1029 (report)

External references