S0379: Revenge RAT
Revenge RAT is a freely available remote access tool written in .NET (C#).[1][2]
Security context for executives and security teams
S0379: Revenge RAT describes [Revenge RAT](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0379) is a freely available remote access tool written in .NET (C#).(Citation: Cylance Shaheen Nov 2018)(Citation: Cofense RevengeRAT Feb 2019)
Executive priority
S0379: Revenge RAT 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 S0379: Revenge RAT 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 S0379: Revenge RAT 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.
Revenge RAT
Revenge RAT is a freely available remote access tool written in .NET (C#).[1][2]
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 | Revenge RAT gathers the username from the system.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1056.001 | KeyloggingSub-technique | Revenge RAT has a plugin for keylogging.[1][2] |
| Enterprise | T1105 | Ingress Tool Transfer | Revenge RAT has the ability to upload and download files.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1125 | Video Capture | Revenge RAT has the ability to access the webcam.[1][2] |
| Enterprise | T1021.001 | Remote Desktop ProtocolSub-technique | Revenge RAT has a plugin to perform RDP access.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1082 | System Information Discovery | Revenge RAT collects the CPU information, OS information, and system language.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1132.001 | Standard EncodingSub-technique | Revenge RAT uses Base64 to encode information sent to the C2 server.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1102.002 | Bidirectional CommunicationSub-technique | Revenge RAT used blogpost.com as its primary command and control server during a campaign.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1016 | System Network Configuration Discovery | Revenge RAT collects the IP address and MAC address from the system.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1218.005 | MshtaSub-technique | Revenge RAT uses mshta.exe to run malicious scripts on the system.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1547.004 | Winlogon Helper DLLSub-technique | Revenge RAT creates a Registry key at |
| Enterprise | T1123 | Audio Capture | Revenge RAT has a plugin for microphone interception.[1][2] |
| Enterprise | T1059.003 | Windows Command ShellSub-technique | Revenge RAT uses cmd.exe to execute commands and run scripts on the victim's machine.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1059.001 | PowerShellSub-technique | Revenge RAT uses the PowerShell command |
| Enterprise | T1202 | Indirect Command Execution | Revenge RAT uses the Forfiles utility to execute commands on the system.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1113 | Screen Capture | Revenge RAT has a plugin for screen capture.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1053.005 | Scheduled TaskSub-technique | Revenge RAT schedules tasks to run malicious scripts at different intervals.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1003 | OS Credential Dumping | Revenge RAT has a plugin for credential harvesting.[1] |
Groups, software, and campaigns
G1018: TA2541
TA2541 is a cybercriminal group that has been targeting the aviation, aerospace, transportation, manufacturing, and defense industries since at least 2017. TA2541 campaigns are typically high volume and involve the use of commodity remote access tools obfuscated by crypters and themes related to aviation, transportation, and travel.[1][2]
G0089: The White Company
The White Company is a likely state-sponsored threat actor with advanced capabilities. From 2017 through 2018, the group led an espionage campaign called Operation Shaheen targeting government and military organizations in Pakistan.[1]
All related ATT&CK context
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.
Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(2)
| Release | Bundle imported | Object version | Modified | Status | Raw hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.2 | 1.2 | Current bundle | 5eaba19a17e4… | ||
| 19.1 | 1.2 | Older bundle | 5eaba19a17e4… |
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]Cylance Shaheen Nov 2018
Livelli, K, et al. (2018, November 12). Operation Shaheen. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
Open source URL - [2]Cofense RevengeRAT Feb 2019
Gannon, M. (2019, February 11). With Upgrades in Delivery and Support Infrastructure, Revenge RAT Malware is a Bigger Threat. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
Open source URL - [3]mitre-attackS0379Open source URL
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