S0149: MoonWind

S0149: MoonWind describes [MoonWind](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0149) is a remote access tool (RAT) that was used in 2016 to target organizations in Thailand. (Citation: Palo Alto MoonWind March 2017)

Executive priority

S0149: MoonWind 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 S0149: MoonWind 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 S0149: MoonWind 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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This baseline take is source-grounded and schema-validated, but it does not include environment-specific telemetry, incident evidence, or threat-intelligence corroboration.

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Official MITRE ATT&CK definition

MoonWind

MoonWind is a remote access tool (RAT) that was used in 2016 to target organizations in Thailand. [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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Domain	ID	Name	Relationship / procedure
Enterprise	T1056.001	KeyloggingSub-technique	MoonWind has a keylogger.[1]
Enterprise	T1057	Process Discovery	MoonWind has a command to return a list of running processes.[1]
Enterprise	T1543.003	Windows ServiceSub-technique	MoonWind installs itself as a new service with automatic startup to establish persistence. The service checks every 60 seconds to determine if the malware is running; if not, it will spawn a new instance.[1]
Enterprise	T1571	Non-Standard Port	MoonWind communicates over ports 80, 443, 53, and 8080 via raw sockets instead of the protocols usually associated with the ports.[1]
Enterprise	T1095	Non-Application Layer Protocol	MoonWind completes network communication via raw sockets.[1]
Enterprise	T1083	File and Directory Discovery	MoonWind has a command to return a directory listing for a specified directory.[1]
Enterprise	T1120	Peripheral Device Discovery	MoonWind obtains the number of removable drives from the victim.[1]
Enterprise	T1573.001	Symmetric CryptographySub-technique	MoonWind encrypts C2 traffic using RC4 with a static key.[1]
Enterprise	T1059.003	Windows Command ShellSub-technique	MoonWind can execute commands via an interactive command shell.[1] MoonWind uses batch scripts for various purposes, including to restart and uninstall itself.[1]
Enterprise	T1082	System Information Discovery	MoonWind can obtain the victim hostname, Windows version, RAM amount, and screen resolution.[1]
Enterprise	T1070.004	File DeletionSub-technique	MoonWind can delete itself or specified files.[1]
Enterprise	T1124	System Time Discovery	MoonWind obtains the victim's current time.[1]
Enterprise	T1033	System Owner/User Discovery	MoonWind obtains the victim username.[1]
Enterprise	T1074.001	Local Data StagingSub-technique	MoonWind saves information from its keylogging routine as a .zip file in the present working directory.[1]
Enterprise	T1016	System Network Configuration Discovery	MoonWind obtains the victim IP address.[1]

Relationship explorer

All related ATT&CK context

uses · TechniqueT1056.001: KeyloggingEnterprise uses · TechniqueT1057: Process DiscoveryEnterprise uses · TechniqueT1543.003: Windows ServiceEnterprise uses · TechniqueT1571: Non-Standard PortEnterprise uses · TechniqueT1095: Non-Application Layer ProtocolEnterprise uses · TechniqueT1083: File and Directory DiscoveryEnterprise uses · TechniqueT1120: Peripheral Device DiscoveryEnterprise uses · TechniqueT1573.001: Symmetric CryptographyEnterprise uses · TechniqueT1059.003: Windows Command ShellEnterprise uses · TechniqueT1082: System Information DiscoveryEnterprise uses · TechniqueT1070.004: File DeletionEnterprise uses · TechniqueT1124: System Time DiscoveryEnterprise uses · TechniqueT1033: System Owner/User DiscoveryEnterprise uses · TechniqueT1074.001: Local Data StagingEnterprise uses · TechniqueT1016: System Network Configuration DiscoveryEnterprise

Change history

Object version and sync metadata

The fields below describe the current mirrored snapshot. When Glexia retains multiple ATT&CK source imports, you can open the table to compare the same object across releases (hashes and MITRE timestamps). For MITRE’s own release notes and roadmap, see ATT&CK resources — Updates.

ATT&CK release: 20.0
Object version: 1.1
Created: May 31, 2017, 21:33 UTC (UTC+00:00)
Modified: Apr 25, 2025, 14:44 UTC (UTC+00:00)
Raw hash: d5fbda4b6d89f074...

Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(3)

Release	Bundle imported	Object version	Modified	Status	Raw hash
20.0	Oct 18, 2026, 20:39 UTC (UTC+00:00)	1.1	Apr 25, 2025, 14:44 UTC (UTC+00:00)	Current bundle	`d5fbda4b6d89…`
19.2	Aug 6, 2026, 02:58 UTC (UTC+00:00)	1.1	Apr 25, 2025, 14:44 UTC (UTC+00:00)	Older bundle	`d5fbda4b6d89…`
19.1	Jul 14, 2026, 09:14 UTC (UTC+00:00)	1.1	Apr 25, 2025, 14:44 UTC (UTC+00:00)	Older bundle	`d5fbda4b6d89…`

Raw source

Mirrored ATT&CK source object

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Source references

External references and citations

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[1]
Palo Alto MoonWind March 2017
Miller-Osborn, J. and Grunzweig, J.. (2017, March 30). Trochilus and New MoonWind RATs Used In Attack Against Thai Organizations. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
[2]
mitre-attackS0149
Open source URL

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