S0407: Monokle

S0407: Monokle describes [Monokle](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0407) is targeted, sophisticated mobile surveillanceware. It is developed for Android, but there are some code artifacts that suggests an iOS version may be in development.(Citation: Lookout-Monokle)

Executive priority

S0407: Monokle 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 S0407: Monokle by reviewing the official ATT&CK relationships, mapped tactics (the mapped ATT&CK tactic context), supported platforms (Android), and available local telemetry before making detection or mitigation decisions.

Likely telemetry

Official ATT&CK relationships and object metadata

Detection direction

Validate whether S0407: Monokle 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.

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Official MITRE ATT&CK definition

Monokle

Monokle is targeted, sophisticated mobile surveillanceware. It is developed for Android, but there are some code artifacts that suggests an iOS version may be in development.[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.

Filter related techniques24 rows

Domain	ID	Name	Relationship / procedure
Mobile	T1644	Out of Band Data	Monokle can be controlled via email and SMS from a set of "control phones."[1]
Mobile	T1406	Obfuscated Files or Information	Monokle uses XOR to obfuscate its second stage binary.[1]
Mobile	T1422.001	Internet Connection DiscoverySub-technique	Monokle checks if the device is connected via Wi-Fi or mobile data.[1]
Mobile	T1421	System Network Connections Discovery	Monokle can retrieve nearby cell tower and Wi-Fi network information.[1]
Mobile	T1512	Video Capture	Monokle can take photos and videos.[1]
Mobile	T1417.001	KeyloggingSub-technique	Monokle can record the user's keystrokes.[1]
Mobile	T1630.002	File DeletionSub-technique	Monokle can delete arbitrary files on the device, and can also uninstall itself and clean up staging files.[1]
Mobile	T1640	Account Access Removal	Monokle can reset the user's password/PIN.[1]
Mobile	T1617	Hooking	Monokle can hook itself to appear invisible to the Process Manager.[1]
Mobile	T1533	Data from Local System	Monokle can retrieve the salt used when storing the user’s password, aiding an adversary in computing the user’s plaintext password/PIN from the stored password hash. Monokle can also capture the user’s dictionary, user-defined shortcuts, and browser history, enabling profiling of the user and their activities.[1]
Mobile	T1513	Screen Capture	Monokle can record the screen as the user unlocks the device and can take screenshots of any application in the foreground. Monokle can also abuse accessibility features to read the screen to capture data from a large number of popular applications.[1]
Mobile	T1616	Call Control	Monokle can be controlled via phone call from a set of "control phones."[1]
Mobile	T1422	System Network Configuration Discovery	Monokle checks if the device is connected via Wi-Fi or mobile data.[1]
Mobile	T1638	Adversary-in-the-Middle	Monokle can install attacker-specified certificates to the device's trusted certificate store, enabling an adversary to perform adversary-in-the-middle attacks.CitationXiao-KeyRaider
Mobile	T1645	Compromise Client Software Binary	Monokle can remount the system partition as read/write to install attacker-specified certificates.[1]
Mobile	T1636.003	Contact ListSub-technique	Monokle can retrieve the device's contact list.[1]
Mobile	T1426	System Information Discovery	Monokle queries the device for metadata such as make, model, and power levels.[1]
Mobile	T1430	Location Tracking	Monokle can track the device's location.[1]
Mobile	T1544	Ingress Tool Transfer	Monokle can download attacker-specified files.[1]
Mobile	T1636.001	Calendar EntriesSub-technique	Monokle can retrieve calendar event information including the event name, when and where it is taking place, and the description.[1]
Mobile	T1429	Audio Capture	Monokle can record audio from the device's microphone and can record phone calls, specifying the output audio quality.[1]
Mobile	T1636.002	Call LogSub-technique	Monokle can retrieve call history.[1]
Mobile	T1422.002	Wi-Fi DiscoverySub-technique	Monokle checks if the device is connected via Wi-Fi or mobile data.[1]
Mobile	T1418	Software Discovery	Monokle can list applications installed on the device.[1]

Relationship explorer

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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: 1.2
Created: Sep 4, 2019, 14:28 UTC (UTC+00:00)
Modified: Apr 25, 2025, 14:40 UTC (UTC+00:00)
Raw hash: 94fd1c18efe43ac8...

Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(2)

Release	Bundle imported	Object version	Modified	Status	Raw hash
19.2	Aug 6, 2026, 02:58 UTC (UTC+00:00)	1.2	Apr 25, 2025, 14:40 UTC (UTC+00:00)	Current bundle	`94fd1c18efe4…`
19.1	Jul 14, 2026, 09:14 UTC (UTC+00:00)	1.2	Apr 25, 2025, 14:40 UTC (UTC+00:00)	Older bundle	`94fd1c18efe4…`

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]
Lookout-Monokle
Bauer A., Kumar A., Hebeisen C., et al. (2019, July). Monokle: The Mobile Surveillance Tooling of the Special Technology Center. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
Open source URL
[2]
mitre-attackS0407
Open source URL

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