DUSTTRAP
MITRE ATT&CK: S1159 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: CurveLoad, DodgeBox, StealthReacher, DUSTTRAP
- First seen
- 2018-01-15 00:00:00
- Malware type
- backdoor, loader, trojan
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 14:53:21
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector financial-services healthcare-and-pharmaceutical technology-and-telecommunications
Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:cn country_code:de country_code:jp
Context
DUSTTRAP is a multi-stage plugin framework associated with APT41 operations with multiple components.
Detection coverage
- 2 YARA rules
- 358 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Group Policy Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Process Injection (attack-pattern)
- Keylogging (attack-pattern)
- Indicator Removal (attack-pattern)
- Encrypted/Encoded File (attack-pattern)
- Process Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Local Account (attack-pattern)
- Screen Capture (attack-pattern)
- Security Software Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
- Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
- File and Directory Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Data from Local System (attack-pattern)
- System Network Configuration Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Windows Command Shell (attack-pattern)
- Application Window Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Network Share Connection Removal (attack-pattern)
- Exfiltration Over C2 Channel (attack-pattern)
- System Time Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Domain Trust Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Clear Windows Event Logs (attack-pattern)
- System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Embedded Payloads (attack-pattern)
- Remote System Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Log Enumeration (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
- APT41 DUST (campaign)
- APT41 (threat-actor)
Detection rules
- SEKOIA_Loader_Win_Dodgebox (yara-rule)
- MALPEDIA_Win_Dusttrap_Auto (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- cloud.google.com — Apt41 Arisen From Dust (report)
- zscaler.com — Dodgebox Deep Dive Updated Arsenal Apt41 Part 1 (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Dusttrap (report)
- cloud.google.com — Apt41 Arisen From Dust (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S1159 (report)