S0094: Trojan.Karagany
Trojan.Karagany is a modular remote access tool used for recon and linked to Dragonfly. The source code for Trojan.Karagany originated from Dream Loader malware which was leaked in 2010 and sold on underground forums. [1][2][3]
Security context for executives and security teams
S0094: Trojan.Karagany describes [Trojan.Karagany](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0094) is a modular remote access tool used for recon and linked to [Dragonfly](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0035). The source code for [Trojan.Karagany](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0094) originated from Dream Loader malware which was leaked in 2010 and sold on underground forums. (Citation: Symantec Dragonfly)(Citation: Secureworks Karagany July 2019)(Citation: Dragos DYMALLOY )
Executive priority
S0094: Trojan.Karagany is an official MITRE ATT&CK software. 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 S0094: Trojan.Karagany by reviewing the official ATT&CK relationships, mapped tactics (the mapped ATT&CK tactic context), supported platforms (Windows), and available local telemetry before making detection or mitigation decisions.
Likely telemetry
- Official ATT&CK relationships and object metadata
- Network, endpoint, and security-tool telemetry
Detection direction
- Validate whether S0094: Trojan.Karagany 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
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Trojan.Karagany
Trojan.Karagany is a modular remote access tool used for recon and linked to Dragonfly. The source code for Trojan.Karagany originated from Dream Loader malware which was leaked in 2010 and sold on underground forums. [1][2][3]
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.
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.
| Domain | ID | Name | Relationship / procedure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | T1033 | System Owner/User Discovery | Trojan.Karagany can gather information about the user on a compromised host.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1113 | Screen Capture | Trojan.Karagany can take a desktop screenshot and save the file into |
| Enterprise | T1049 | System Network Connections Discovery | Trojan.Karagany can use netstat to collect a list of network connections.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1010 | Application Window Discovery | Trojan.Karagany can monitor the titles of open windows to identify specific keywords.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1027 | Obfuscated Files or Information | Trojan.Karagany can base64 encode and AES-128-CBC encrypt data prior to transmission.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1027.002 | Software PackingSub-technique | Trojan.Karagany samples sometimes use common binary packers such as UPX and Aspack on top of a custom Delphi binary packer.[1][2] |
| Enterprise | T1555.003 | Credentials from Web BrowsersSub-technique | Trojan.Karagany can steal data and credentials from browsers.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1057 | Process Discovery | Trojan.Karagany can use Tasklist to collect a list of running tasks.[1][2] |
| Enterprise | T1547.001 | Registry Run Keys / Startup FolderSub-technique | Trojan.Karagany can create a link to itself in the Startup folder to automatically start itself upon system restart.[1][2] |
| Enterprise | T1082 | System Information Discovery | Trojan.Karagany can capture information regarding the victim's OS, security, and hardware configuration.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1070.004 | File DeletionSub-technique | Trojan.Karagany has used plugins with a self-delete capability.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1105 | Ingress Tool Transfer | Trojan.Karagany can upload, download, and execute files on the victim.[1][2] |
| Enterprise | T1056.001 | KeyloggingSub-technique | Trojan.Karagany can capture keystrokes on a compromised host.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1083 | File and Directory Discovery | Trojan.Karagany can enumerate files and directories on a compromised host.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1074.001 | Local Data StagingSub-technique | Trojan.Karagany can create directories to store plugin output and stage data for exfiltration.[1][2] |
| Enterprise | T1055.003 | Thread Execution HijackingSub-technique | Trojan.Karagany can inject a suspended thread of its own process into a new process and initiate via the |
| Enterprise | T1573.002 | Asymmetric CryptographySub-technique | Trojan.Karagany can secure C2 communications with SSL and TLS.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1497.001 | System ChecksSub-technique | Trojan.Karagany can detect commonly used and generic virtualization platforms based primarily on drivers and file paths.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1016 | System Network Configuration Discovery | Trojan.Karagany can gather information on the network configuration of a compromised host.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1059.003 | Windows Command ShellSub-technique | Trojan.Karagany can perform reconnaissance commands on a victim machine via a cmd.exe process.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1071.001 | Web ProtocolsSub-technique | Trojan.Karagany can communicate with C2 via HTTP POST requests.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1003 | OS Credential Dumping | Trojan.Karagany can dump passwords and save them into |
Groups, software, and campaigns
G0035: Dragonfly
Dragonfly is a cyber espionage group that has been attributed to Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) Center 16.[1][2] Active since at least 2010, Dragonfly has targeted defense and aviation companies, government entities, companies related to industrial control systems, and critical infrastructure sectors worldwide through supply chain, spearphishing, and drive-by compromise attacks.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
All related ATT&CK context
Object version and sync metadata
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Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(2)
| Release | Bundle imported | Object version | Modified | Status | Raw hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.2 | 3.0 | Current bundle | 7bb0f263d18f… | ||
| 19.1 | 3.0 | Older bundle | 7bb0f263d18f… |
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.
External references and citations
MITRE external references are preserved separately from Glexia analysis so citations remain traceable to their original source records.
- [1]Symantec Dragonfly
Symantec Security Response. (2014, June 30). Dragonfly: Cyberespionage Attacks Against Energy Suppliers. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
Open source URL - [2]Secureworks Karagany July 2019
Secureworks. (2019, July 24). Updated Karagany Malware Targets Energy Sector. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
Open source URL - [3]Dragos DYMALLOY
Dragos. (n.d.). DYMALLOY. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
Open source URL - [4]Karagany
(Citation: Secureworks Karagany July 2019)
- [5]mitre-attackS0094Open source URL
- [6]xFrost
(Citation: Secureworks Karagany July 2019)
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