DUSTPAN
MITRE ATT&CK: S1158 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: StealthVector, DUSTPAN
- First seen
- 2021-01-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- dropper
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 14:35:38
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications education-and-nonprofits
Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:cn
Context
DUSTPAN is an in-memory dropper written in C/C++ used by APT41 since 2021 that decrypts and executes an embedded payload.
Detection coverage
- 5 YARA rules
- 67 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location (attack-pattern)
- Encrypted/Encoded File (attack-pattern)
- Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
- Portable Executable Injection (attack-pattern)
- Embedded Payloads (attack-pattern)
- Windows Service (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
- APT41 DUST (campaign)
- APT41 (threat-actor)
Detection rules
- VOLEXITY_Apt_Malware_Win_Dustpan_Apihashes (yara-rule)
- VOLEXITY_Apt_Malware_Py_Dustpan_Pyloader (yara-rule)
- SEKOIA_Launcher_Win_Stealthmutant_Bat_Launcher (yara-rule)
- SEKOIA_Loader_Win_Stealthvector (yara-rule)
- MALPEDIA_Win_Dustpan_Auto (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- volexity.com — Stormbamboo Compromises Isp To Abuse Insecure Software Update Mechanisms (report)
- lac.co.jp — 20210521 002618 (report)
- Trend Micro — Wp Earth Baku An Apt Group Targeting Indo Pacific Countries (report)
- cloud.google.com — Apt41 Arisen From Dust (report)
- Trend Micro — Earth Baku Returns (report)
- zscaler.com — Dodgebox Deep Dive Updated Arsenal Apt41 Part 1 (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Dustpan (report)
- Trend Micro — Earth Baku Latest Campaign (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S1158 (report)
- cloud.google.com — Apt41 Us State Governments (report)