MOPSLED

MITRE ATT&CK: S1221 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: MOPSLED

First seen
2022-02-15 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
linux
Profile updated
2026-07-07 15:29:47

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

Targeted regions: country_code:cn country_code:us

Context

MOPSLED is a shellcode-based modular backdoor that has been used by China-nexus cyber espionage actors including UNC3886 and APT41.

Detection coverage

  • 65 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • Encrypted/Encoded File (attack-pattern)
  • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
  • Web Service (attack-pattern)
  • Dead Drop Resolver (attack-pattern)
  • Non-Application Layer Protocol (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • cloud.google.com — Uncovering Unc3886 Espionage Operations (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S1221 (report)

External references