PoetRAT — Malware Profile
PoetRAT is a remote access trojan (RAT) that was first identified in April 2020. PoetRAT has been used in multiple campaigns against the private and public sectors in Azerbaijan, including ICS and SCADA systems in the energy sector. The STIBNITE activity group has been observed using the malware. PoetRAT derived its name from references in the code to poet William Shakespeare.
MITRE ATT&CK techniques (35)
- T1003.001 LSASS Memory
- T1018 Remote System Discovery
- T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information
- T1027.010 Command Obfuscation
- T1033 System Owner/User Discovery
- T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
- T1048 Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol
- T1048.003 Exfiltration Over Unencrypted Non-C2 Protocol
- T1056.001 Keylogging
- T1057 Process Discovery
- T1059.003 Windows Command Shell
- T1059.005 Visual Basic
- T1059.006 Python
- T1059.011 Lua
- T1070.004 File Deletion
- T1071.001 Web Protocols
- T1071.002 File Transfer Protocols
- T1082 System Information Discovery
- T1083 File and Directory Discovery
- T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
- T1112 Modify Registry
- T1113 Screen Capture
- T1119 Automated Collection
- T1125 Video Capture
- T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
- T1204.002 Malicious File
- T1497.001 System Checks
- T1547.001 Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
- T1555.003 Credentials from Web Browsers
- T1559.002 Dynamic Data Exchange
- T1560.001 Archive via Utility
- T1564.001 Hidden Files and Directories
- T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment
- T1571 Non-Standard Port
- T1573.002 Asymmetric Cryptography