SYMBOLCOMMON_NAMEaka. SYNONYMS
win.strongpity (Back to overview)

StrongPity

Actor(s): PROMETHIUM, StrongPity

VTCollection    

According to Mitre, StrongPity is an information stealing malware used by PROMETHIUM.

References
2022-03-23QianxinRed Raindrop Team
Analysis of Attack Activity of PROMETHIUM Disguised
StrongPity
2021-12-09Minerva LabsNatalie Zargarov
A new StrongPity variant hides behind Notepad++ installation
StrongPity
2021-11-30QianxinRed Raindrop Team
Cyberspace's Magic Eye: PROMETHIUM Fakes attack activity analysis of NotePads and installation packages
StrongPity
2021-11-05BlackberryThe BlackBerry Research & Intelligence Team
Hunter Becomes Hunted: Zebra2104 Hides a Herd of Malware
Cobalt Strike DoppelDridex Mount Locker Phobos StrongPity
2021-05-24Anchored Narratives on Threat Intelligence and GeopoliticsRJM
Tracking StrongPity with Yara
StrongPity
2021-04-18Anchored Narratives on Threat Intelligence and GeopoliticsRJM
Recover your files with StrongPity
StrongPity
2021-02-28PWC UKPWC UK
Cyber Threats 2020: A Year in Retrospect
elf.wellmess FlowerPower PowGoop 8.t Dropper Agent.BTZ Agent Tesla Appleseed Ave Maria Bankshot BazarBackdoor BLINDINGCAN Chinoxy Conti Cotx RAT Crimson RAT DUSTMAN Emotet FriedEx FunnyDream Hakbit Mailto Maze METALJACK Nefilim Oblique RAT Pay2Key PlugX QakBot REvil Ryuk StoneDrill StrongPity SUNBURST SUPERNOVA TrickBot TurlaRPC Turla SilentMoon WastedLocker WellMess Winnti ZeroCleare APT10 APT23 APT27 APT31 APT41 BlackTech BRONZE EDGEWOOD Inception Framework MUSTANG PANDA Red Charon Red Nue Sea Turtle Tonto Team
2021-02-01Medium 0xthreatintel0xthreatintel
Uncovering APT-C-41 (StrongPity) Backdoor
StrongPity
2020-12-31cyblecybleinc
StrongPity APT Extends Global Reach with New Infrastructure
StrongPity
2020-12-21Cisco TalosJON MUNSHAW
2020: The year in malware
WolfRAT Prometei Poet RAT Agent Tesla Astaroth Ave Maria CRAT Emotet Gozi IndigoDrop JhoneRAT Nanocore RAT NjRAT Oblique RAT SmokeLoader StrongPity WastedLocker Zloader
2020-10-30360Threat Intelligence Center
蓝色魔眼(APT-C-41)组织首次针对我国重要机构定向攻击活动披露
StrongPity
2020-06-30BitdefenderAlexandru Maximciuc, Cristina Vatamanu, Liviu Arsene, Radu Tudorica
StrongPity APT - Revealing Trojanized Tools, Working Hours and Infrastructure
StrongPity
2020-06-29Cisco TalosPaul Rascagnères, Vitor Ventura, Warren Mercer
PROMETHIUM extends global reach with StrongPity3 APT
StrongPity
2018-03-09Adam Senft, Bill Marczak, Jakub Dalek, John Scott-Railton, Ron Deibert, Sarah McKune
Sandvine’s PacketLogic Devices Used to Deploy Government Spyware in Turkey and Redirect Egyptian Users to Affiliate Ads?
StrongPity
2017-12-08ESET ResearchFilip Kafka
StrongPity2 spyware replaces FinFisher in MitM campaign – ISP involved?
StrongPity
2016-10-12Twitter (@PhysicalDrive0)PhysicalDrive0
Tweet on StrongPity
StrongPity
2016-10-03Kaspersky LabsKurt Baumgartner
On the StrongPity Waterhole Attacks Targeting Italian and Belgian Encryption Users
StrongPity
Yara Rules
[TLP:WHITE] win_strongpity_auto (20260504 | Detects win.strongpity.)
rule win_strongpity_auto {

    meta:
        author = "Felix Bilstein - yara-signator at cocacoding dot com"
        date = "2026-05-04"
        version = "1"
        description = "Detects win.strongpity."
        info = "autogenerated rule brought to you by yara-signator"
        tool = "yara-signator v0.6.0"
        signator_config = "callsandjumps;datarefs;binvalue"
        malpedia_reference = "https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.strongpity"
        malpedia_rule_date = "20260422"
        malpedia_hash = "a182e35da64e6d71cb55f125c4d4225196523f14"
        malpedia_version = "20260504"
        malpedia_license = "CC BY-SA 4.0"
        malpedia_sharing = "TLP:WHITE"

    /* DISCLAIMER
     * The strings used in this rule have been automatically selected from the
     * disassembly of memory dumps and unpacked files, using YARA-Signator.
     * The code and documentation is published here:
     * https://github.com/fxb-cocacoding/yara-signator
     * As Malpedia is used as data source, please note that for a given
     * number of families, only single samples are documented.
     * This likely impacts the degree of generalization these rules will offer.
     * Take the described generation method also into consideration when you
     * apply the rules in your use cases and assign them confidence levels.
     */


    strings:
        $sequence_0 = { 6a68 668945ea 58 6a3a 668945ee 58 6a20 }
            // n = 7, score = 700
            //   6a68                 | push                0x68
            //   668945ea             | mov                 word ptr [ebp - 0x16], ax
            //   58                   | pop                 eax
            //   6a3a                 | push                0x3a
            //   668945ee             | mov                 word ptr [ebp - 0x12], ax
            //   58                   | pop                 eax
            //   6a20                 | push                0x20

        $sequence_1 = { ff75d0 68???????? ff36 e8???????? 8b45d4 83c40c 894604 }
            // n = 7, score = 700
            //   ff75d0               | push                dword ptr [ebp - 0x30]
            //   68????????           |                     
            //   ff36                 | push                dword ptr [esi]
            //   e8????????           |                     
            //   8b45d4               | mov                 eax, dword ptr [ebp - 0x2c]
            //   83c40c               | add                 esp, 0xc
            //   894604               | mov                 dword ptr [esi + 4], eax

        $sequence_2 = { 6a65 59 6a2d 668945d6 }
            // n = 4, score = 700
            //   6a65                 | push                0x65
            //   59                   | pop                 ecx
            //   6a2d                 | push                0x2d
            //   668945d6             | mov                 word ptr [ebp - 0x2a], ax

        $sequence_3 = { 680c020000 8945c8 8945d4 8945f0 }
            // n = 4, score = 700
            //   680c020000           | push                0x20c
            //   8945c8               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x38], eax
            //   8945d4               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x2c], eax
            //   8945f0               | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x10], eax

        $sequence_4 = { 50 6aff 53 56 ff15???????? 85c0 }
            // n = 6, score = 700
            //   50                   | push                eax
            //   6aff                 | push                -1
            //   53                   | push                ebx
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax

        $sequence_5 = { ba???????? f3a5 8bf2 668b02 }
            // n = 4, score = 700
            //   ba????????           |                     
            //   f3a5                 | rep movsd           dword ptr es:[edi], dword ptr [esi]
            //   8bf2                 | mov                 esi, edx
            //   668b02               | mov                 ax, word ptr [edx]

        $sequence_6 = { 8818 40 83e901 75f8 395dd0 7463 }
            // n = 6, score = 700
            //   8818                 | mov                 byte ptr [eax], bl
            //   40                   | inc                 eax
            //   83e901               | sub                 ecx, 1
            //   75f8                 | jne                 0xfffffffa
            //   395dd0               | cmp                 dword ptr [ebp - 0x30], ebx
            //   7463                 | je                  0x65

        $sequence_7 = { c745f800100000 85c0 750b 56 }
            // n = 4, score = 700
            //   c745f800100000       | mov                 dword ptr [ebp - 8], 0x1000
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax
            //   750b                 | jne                 0xd
            //   56                   | push                esi

        $sequence_8 = { 0107 83be8800000002 8b07 0f85ad000000 83f814 }
            // n = 5, score = 300
            //   0107                 | add                 dword ptr [edi], eax
            //   83be8800000002       | cmp                 dword ptr [esi + 0x88], 2
            //   8b07                 | mov                 eax, dword ptr [edi]
            //   0f85ad000000         | jne                 0xb3
            //   83f814               | cmp                 eax, 0x14

        $sequence_9 = { 5f c3 8b4c2414 85c9 }
            // n = 4, score = 300
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi
            //   c3                   | ret                 
            //   8b4c2414             | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x14]
            //   85c9                 | test                ecx, ecx

        $sequence_10 = { 5f c3 56 6a08 ff15???????? 83c404 85c0 }
            // n = 7, score = 300
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi
            //   c3                   | ret                 
            //   56                   | push                esi
            //   6a08                 | push                8
            //   ff15????????         |                     
            //   83c404               | add                 esp, 4
            //   85c0                 | test                eax, eax

        $sequence_11 = { 5f c3 8b74240c c7400400000000 }
            // n = 4, score = 300
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi
            //   c3                   | ret                 
            //   8b74240c             | mov                 esi, dword ptr [esp + 0xc]
            //   c7400400000000       | mov                 dword ptr [eax + 4], 0

        $sequence_12 = { 012e 885c240a ebc3 80fb5d 7520 837c240c00 0f85fe020000 }
            // n = 7, score = 300
            //   012e                 | add                 dword ptr [esi], ebp
            //   885c240a             | mov                 byte ptr [esp + 0xa], bl
            //   ebc3                 | jmp                 0xffffffc5
            //   80fb5d               | cmp                 bl, 0x5d
            //   7520                 | jne                 0x22
            //   837c240c00           | cmp                 dword ptr [esp + 0xc], 0
            //   0f85fe020000         | jne                 0x304

        $sequence_13 = { 5f c70001000000 33c0 5d 8b4c2450 }
            // n = 5, score = 300
            //   5f                   | pop                 edi
            //   c70001000000         | mov                 dword ptr [eax], 1
            //   33c0                 | xor                 eax, eax
            //   5d                   | pop                 ebp
            //   8b4c2450             | mov                 ecx, dword ptr [esp + 0x50]

        $sequence_14 = { 012e 885c240a e9???????? 84db 0f8434020000 }
            // n = 5, score = 300
            //   012e                 | add                 dword ptr [esi], ebp
            //   885c240a             | mov                 byte ptr [esp + 0xa], bl
            //   e9????????           |                     
            //   84db                 | test                bl, bl
            //   0f8434020000         | je                  0x23a

        $sequence_15 = { 7418 8bd3 52 c786c800000001000000 }
            // n = 4, score = 300
            //   7418                 | je                  0x1a
            //   8bd3                 | mov                 edx, ebx
            //   52                   | push                edx
            //   c786c800000001000000     | mov    dword ptr [esi + 0xc8], 1

    condition:
        7 of them and filesize < 999424
}
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