ForestTiger

Aliases: ScoringMathTea

First seen
2022-10-15 00:00:00
Malware type
rat, spyware
Family
Malware family
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:45:52

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

Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:cn

Context

ForestTiger is an advanced persistent threat group known for using remote access trojans and spyware in their campaigns. It primarily targets government and financial sectors, focusing on cyber espionage activities.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules

Exploited vulnerabilities

  • CVE-2023-42793 (vulnerability)

Detection rules

  • SEKOIA_Backdoor_Win_Foresttiger (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • Microsoft — Multiple North Korean Threat Actors Exploiting The Teamcity Cve 2023 42793 Vulnerability (report)
  • virusbulletin.com — Lazarus Campaigns And Backdoors In 2022 2023 (report)
  • Kaspersky — 109490 (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Forest Tiger (report)

External references