RotaJakiro

MITRE ATT&CK: S1078 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: RotaJakiro

First seen
2018-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
linux
Related IoCs
1 (1 malicious)
Last IoC activity
2026-07-18 06:30:45
Profile updated
2026-07-07 14:29:29

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

Targeted regions: country_code:vn

Context

RotaJakiro is a 64-bit Linux backdoor used by APT32. First seen in 2018, it uses a plugin architecture to extend capabilities. RotaJakiro can determine it's permission level and execute according to access type (`root` or `user`).

Recent IoC activity

1 malicious indicator in Maltiverse are attributed to RotaJakiro (S1078). The 1 most recently updated:

TypeIndicatorUpdatedSources
file sample 260325-ldk2qshy5q.bin 2026-07-18 1

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules
  • 98 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
  • Unix Shell Configuration Modification (attack-pattern)
  • Native API (attack-pattern)
  • Standard Encoding (attack-pattern)
  • Boot or Logon Initialization Scripts (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Systemd Service (attack-pattern)
  • Shared Modules (attack-pattern)
  • Non-Standard Port (attack-pattern)
  • Non-Application Layer Protocol (attack-pattern)
  • Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location (attack-pattern)
  • Inter-Process Communication (attack-pattern)
  • Process Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Automated Collection (attack-pattern)
  • XDG Autostart Entries (attack-pattern)
  • Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (attack-pattern)
  • Symmetric Cryptography (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Detection rules

  • ARKBIRD_SOLG_MAL_ELF_Rotajakiro_May_2021_1 (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Elf.Rotajakiro (report)
  • blog.netlab.360.com — Stealth Rotajakiro Backdoor En (report)
  • blog.netlab.360.com — Rotajakiro Linux Version Of Oceanlotus (report)
  • domaintools.com — Domaintools And Digital Archeology A Look At Rotajakiro (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S1078 (report)

External references