Snip3

MITRE ATT&CK: S1086 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: Snip3

First seen
2021-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
loader
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 14:43:00

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

Context

Snip3 is a sophisticated crypter-as-a-service that has been used since at least 2021 to obfuscate and load numerous strains of malware including AsyncRAT, Revenge RAT, Agent Tesla, and NETWIRE.

Detection coverage

  • 569 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
  • Web Service (attack-pattern)
  • Visual Basic (attack-pattern)
  • Process Hollowing (attack-pattern)
  • Obfuscated Files or Information (attack-pattern)
  • Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (attack-pattern)
  • Malicious File (attack-pattern)
  • System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Malicious Link (attack-pattern)
  • Spearphishing Attachment (attack-pattern)
  • Time Based Checks (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Management Instrumentation (attack-pattern)
  • Multi-Stage Channels (attack-pattern)
  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • Spearphishing Link (attack-pattern)
  • Drive-by Compromise (attack-pattern)
  • System Checks (attack-pattern)
  • Hidden Window (attack-pattern)
  • Binary Padding (attack-pattern)
  • PowerShell (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • blog.morphisec.com — Revealing The Snip3 Crypter A Highly Evasive Rat Loader (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S1086 (report)
  • telefonicatech.com — Snip3 Investigacion Malware (report)

External references