FunnyDream
MITRE ATT&CK: S1044 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: FunnyDream
- First seen
- 2019-01-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- backdoor
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 12:37:23
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector energy-and-utilities technology-and-telecommunications
Targeted regions: country_code:cn country_code:ph country_code:in
Context
FunnyDream is a backdoor with multiple components that was used during the FunnyDream campaign since at least 2019, primarily for execution and exfiltration.
Detection coverage
- 479 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Windows Service (attack-pattern)
- Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
- Windows Management Instrumentation (attack-pattern)
- Peripheral Device Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Local Data Staging (attack-pattern)
- Component Object Model (attack-pattern)
- Rundll32 (attack-pattern)
- Dynamic-link Library Injection (attack-pattern)
- Protocol Tunneling (attack-pattern)
- Process Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Masquerade Task or Service (attack-pattern)
- Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (attack-pattern)
- Remote System Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Keylogging (attack-pattern)
- System Network Configuration Discovery (attack-pattern)
- System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)
- System Time Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Query Registry (attack-pattern)
- Automated Collection (attack-pattern)
- Screen Capture (attack-pattern)
- Proxy (attack-pattern)
- Archive via Library (attack-pattern)
- Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
- Indicator Removal (attack-pattern)
- Native API (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
- FunnyDream (campaign)
Reports & references
- pwc.co.uk — Pwc Cyber Threats 2020 A Year In Retrospect (report)
- nao-sec.org — Royal Road Redive (report)
- bitdefender.com — Bitdefender Whitepaper Chinese Apt (report)
- go.recordedfuture.com — Cta 2021 1208 (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Funny Dream (report)
- insight-jp.nttsecurity.com — Pandas New Arsenal Part 3 Smanager (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S1044 (report)