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G0048: RTM

RTM is a cybercriminal group that has been active since at least 2015 and is primarily interested in users of remote banking systems in Russia and neighboring countries. The group uses a Trojan by the same name (RTM). [1]

EnterpriseG0048GroupObject v1.1Modified
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Automation confidenceMedium

G0048: RTM describes [RTM](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0048) is a cybercriminal group that has been active since at least 2015 and is primarily interested in users of remote banking systems in Russia and neighboring countries. The group uses a Trojan by the same name ([RTM](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0148)). (Citation: ESET RTM Feb 2017)

Executive priority

G0048: RTM is an official MITRE ATT&CK group. Glexia treats it as defensive behavior context for prioritizing monitoring, control validation, and response planning without using the object by itself as an attribution claim.

Technical view

Security teams should validate G0048: RTM by reviewing the official ATT&CK relationships, mapped tactics (the mapped ATT&CK tactic context), supported platforms (the platforms named in the official object), and available local telemetry before making detection or mitigation decisions.

Likely telemetry

  • Official ATT&CK relationships and object metadata

Detection direction

  • Validate whether G0048: RTM appears in your detection coverage and tabletop scenarios.
  • Use the object to align executive risk language with SOC, incident response, and detection engineering work.
  • Do not treat ATT&CK relationship context as attribution without corroborating evidence.

Mitigation priorities

  • Map the object to existing controls and identify missing telemetry or response ownership.
  • Prioritize mitigations that reduce exposure on the listed platforms and tactics.
  • Review adjacent ATT&CK relationships before changing policy, detections, or reporting language.
Additional notes and limits

Baseline Glexia take generated from the official MITRE ATT&CK STIX object, source hash, tactics, platforms, and detection fields. It is safe to replace with a richer model-generated take for the same source hash later.

This baseline take is source-grounded and schema-validated, but it does not include environment-specific telemetry, incident evidence, or threat-intelligence corroboration.

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

Official MITRE ATT&CK definition

RTM

RTM is a cybercriminal group that has been active since at least 2015 and is primarily interested in users of remote banking systems in Russia and neighboring countries. The group uses a Trojan by the same name (RTM). [1]

View the same entry on attack.mitre.org (MITRE-hosted reference; in-page links above use the Glexia ATT&CK library.)

Glexia analysis

How security teams should use this page

Treat this object as behavior context, not an attribution claim. Validate the related groups, software, data sources, and mitigations against official ATT&CK relationships and your own telemetry before making control-coverage decisions.

ATT&CK relationship table

Techniques used

This mirrors the MITRE pattern of making group, software, campaign, and technique relationships scannable. Relationship notes come from mirrored ATT&CK relationship text when available.

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DomainIDNameRelationship / procedure
EnterpriseT1189Drive-by Compromise

RTM has distributed its malware via the RIG and SUNDOWN exploit kits, as well as online advertising network Yandex.Direct.[1]CitationESET Buhtrap and Buran April 2019

EnterpriseT1547.001Registry Run Keys / Startup FolderSub-technique

RTM has used Registry run keys to establish persistence for the RTM Trojan and other tools, such as a modified version of TeamViewer remote desktop software.[1]CitationGroup IB RTM August 2019

EnterpriseT1574.001DLLSub-technique

RTM has used search order hijacking to force TeamViewer to load a malicious DLL.CitationGroup IB RTM August 2019

EnterpriseT1204.002Malicious FileSub-technique

RTM has attempted to lure victims into opening e-mail attachments to execute malicious code.CitationGroup IB RTM August 2019

EnterpriseT1566.001Spearphishing AttachmentSub-technique

RTM has used spearphishing attachments to distribute its malware.CitationGroup IB RTM August 2019

EnterpriseT1219.002Remote Desktop SoftwareSub-technique

RTM has used a modified version of TeamViewer and Remote Utilities for remote access.CitationGroup IB RTM August 2019

EnterpriseT1102.001Dead Drop ResolverSub-technique

RTM has used an RSS feed on Livejournal to update a list of encrypted C2 server names.[1]

Associated objects

Groups, software, and campaigns

MalwareEnterprise

S0148: RTM

RTM is custom malware written in Delphi. It is used by the group of the same name (RTM). Newer versions of the malware have been reported publicly as Redaman.[1][2]

Windows
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Change history

Object version and sync metadata

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ATT&CK release
20.0
Object version
1.1
Created
Modified
Raw hash
4b79dff783bfb4e2...
Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(3)
ReleaseBundle importedObject versionModifiedStatusRaw hash
20.01.1Current bundle4b79dff783bf…
19.21.1Older bundle4b79dff783bf…
19.11.1Older bundle6e23f5d998ab…
Raw source

Mirrored ATT&CK source object

The raw object is retained through the mirrored ATT&CK source bundle and object hash. The raw endpoint returns the exact object from the mirrored bundle when available.

Source references

External references and citations

MITRE external references are preserved separately from Glexia analysis so citations remain traceable to their original source records.

  1. [1]
    ESET RTM Feb 2017

    Faou, M. and Boutin, J. (2017, February). Read The Manual: A Guide to the RTM Banking Trojan. Retrieved March 9, 2017.

    Open source URL
  2. [2]
    RTM

    (Citation: ESET RTM Feb 2017)

  3. [3]
    mitre-attackG0048
    Open source URL
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