MISTCLOAK

Aliases: HIUPAN

First seen
2022-09-15 00:00:00
Malware type
loader
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:09:14

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector defense-and-aerospace

Targeted regions: country_code:ph country_code:us

Context

Mandiant associates this with UNC4191, this malware decrypts and runs DARKDEW.

Detection coverage

  • 2 YARA rules

Detection rules

  • SEKOIA_Launcher_Win_Mistcloak (yara-rule)
  • MALPEDIA_Win_Mistcloak_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • Mandiant — China Nexus Espionage Southeast Asia (report)
  • news.sophos.com — Family Tree Dll Sideloading Cases May Be Related (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Mistcloak (report)

External references