PITSTOP
MITRE ATT&CK: S1123 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: PITSTOP
- First seen
- 2021-06-21 00:00:00
- Malware type
- backdoor
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- network-devices
- Related IoCs
- 2
- Last IoC activity
- 2026-09-01 15:01:43
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 13:13:11
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications
Context
PITSTOP is a backdoor that was deployed on compromised Ivanti Connect Secure VPNs during Cutting Edge to enable command execution and file read/write.
Detection coverage
- 29 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Asymmetric Cryptography (attack-pattern)
- Inter-Process Communication (attack-pattern)
- Unix Shell (attack-pattern)
- Socket Filters (attack-pattern)
- Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
- Cutting Edge (campaign)
Reports & references
- Mandiant — Investigating Ivanti Exploitation Persistence (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S1123 (report)