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S0344: Azorult

Azorult is a commercial Trojan that is used to steal information from compromised hosts. Azorult has been observed in the wild as early as 2016. In July 2018, Azorult was seen used in a spearphishing campaign against targets in North America. Azorult has been seen used for cryptocurrency theft. [1][2]

EnterpriseS0344MalwareObject v1.3Modified
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Security context for executives and security teams

Automation confidenceMedium

S0344: Azorult describes [Azorult](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0344) is a commercial Trojan that is used to steal information from compromised hosts. [Azorult](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0344) has been observed in the wild as early as 2016. In July 2018, [Azorult](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0344) was seen used in a spearphishing campaign against targets in North America. [Azorult](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0344) has been seen used for cryptocurrency theft. (Citation: Unit42 Azorult Nov 2018)(Citation: Proofp...

Executive priority

S0344: Azorult 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 S0344: Azorult 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 S0344: Azorult 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

Azorult

Azorult is a commercial Trojan that is used to steal information from compromised hosts. Azorult has been observed in the wild as early as 2016. In July 2018, Azorult was seen used in a spearphishing campaign against targets in North America. Azorult has been seen used for cryptocurrency theft. [1][2]

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.

16 rows
DomainIDNameRelationship / procedure
EnterpriseT1134.002Create Process with TokenSub-technique

Azorult can call WTSQueryUserToken and CreateProcessAsUser to start a new process with local system privileges.[1]

EnterpriseT1070.004File DeletionSub-technique

Azorult can delete files from victim machines.[1]

EnterpriseT1573.001Symmetric CryptographySub-technique

Azorult can encrypt C2 traffic using XOR.[1][2]

EnterpriseT1033System Owner/User Discovery

Azorult can collect the username from the victim’s machine.[1]

EnterpriseT1055.012Process HollowingSub-technique

Azorult can decrypt the payload into memory, create a new suspended process of itself, then inject a decrypted payload to the new process and resume new process execution.[1]

EnterpriseT1012Query Registry

Azorult can check for installed software on the system under the Registry key Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall.[1]

EnterpriseT1140Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information

Azorult uses an XOR key to decrypt content and uses Base64 to decode the C2 address.[1][2]

EnterpriseT1552.001Credentials In FilesSub-technique

Azorult can steal credentials in files belonging to common software such as Skype, Telegram, and Steam.[1]

EnterpriseT1555.003Credentials from Web BrowsersSub-technique

Azorult can steal credentials from the victim's browser.[1]

EnterpriseT1105Ingress Tool Transfer

Azorult can download and execute additional files. Azorult has also downloaded a ransomware payload called Hermes.[1][2]

EnterpriseT1124System Time Discovery

Azorult can collect the time zone information from the system.[1][2]

EnterpriseT1016System Network Configuration Discovery

Azorult can collect host IP information from the victim’s machine.[1]

EnterpriseT1083File and Directory Discovery

Azorult can recursively search for files in folders and collects files from the desktop with certain extensions.[1]

EnterpriseT1082System Information Discovery

Azorult can collect the machine information, system architecture, the OS version, computer name, Windows product name, the number of CPU cores, video card information, and the system language.[1][2]

EnterpriseT1113Screen Capture

Azorult can capture screenshots of the victim’s machines.[1]

EnterpriseT1057Process Discovery

Azorult can collect a list of running processes by calling CreateToolhelp32Snapshot.[1][2]

Associated objects

Groups, software, and campaigns

GroupEnterprise

G0092: TA505

TA505 is a cyber criminal group that has been active since at least 2014. TA505 is known for frequently changing malware, driving global trends in criminal malware distribution, and ransomware campaigns involving Clop.[1][2][3][4][5]

Relationship explorer

All related ATT&CK context

uses · GroupG0092: TA505Enterpriseuses · TechniqueT1134.002: Create Process with TokenEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1070.004: File DeletionEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1573.001: Symmetric CryptographyEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1033: System Owner/User DiscoveryEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1055.012: Process HollowingEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1012: Query RegistryEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1140: Deobfuscate/Decode Files or InformationEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1552.001: Credentials In FilesEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1555.003: Credentials from Web BrowsersEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1105: Ingress Tool TransferEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1124: System Time DiscoveryEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1016: System Network Configuration DiscoveryEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1083: File and Directory DiscoveryEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1082: System Information DiscoveryEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1113: Screen CaptureEnterpriseuses · TechniqueT1057: Process 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
19.2
Object version
1.3
Created
Modified
Raw hash
9eff79d33449138a...
Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(2)
ReleaseBundle importedObject versionModifiedStatusRaw hash
19.21.3Current bundle9eff79d33449…
19.11.3Older bundle9eff79d33449…
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.

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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]
    Unit42 Azorult Nov 2018

    Yan, T., et al. (2018, November 21). New Wine in Old Bottle: New Azorult Variant Found in FindMyName Campaign using Fallout Exploit Kit. Retrieved November 29, 2018.

    Open source URL
  2. [2]
    Proofpoint Azorult July 2018

    Proofpoint. (2018, July 30). New version of AZORult stealer improves loading features, spreads alongside ransomware in new campaign. Retrieved November 29, 2018.

    Open source URL
  3. [3]
    Azorult

    (Citation: Unit42 Azorult Nov 2018)(Citation: Proofpoint Azorult July 2018)

  4. [4]
    mitre-attackS0344
    Open source URL
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