StrifeWater

MITRE ATT&CK: S1034 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: StrifeWater

First seen
2021-11-01 00:00:00
Malware type
rat
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:18:44

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector

Targeted regions: country_code:ir

Context

StrifeWater is a remote-access tool that has been used by Moses Staff in the initial stages of their attacks since at least November 2021.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 274 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
  • Native API (attack-pattern)
  • Symmetric Cryptography (attack-pattern)
  • Scheduled Task (attack-pattern)
  • Screen Capture (attack-pattern)
  • Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location (attack-pattern)
  • Time Based Checks (attack-pattern)
  • Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (attack-pattern)
  • System Time Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Data from Local System (attack-pattern)
  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • File Deletion (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Strifewater_Rat_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • cybereason.com — Strifewater Rat Iranian Apt Moses Staff Adds New Trojan To Ransomware Operations (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S1034 (report)

External references