S0434: Imminent Monitor
Imminent Monitor was a commodity remote access tool (RAT) offered for sale from 2012 until 2019, when an operation was conducted to take down the Imminent Monitor infrastructure. Various cracked versions and variations of this RAT are still in circulation.[1]
Security context for executives and security teams
S0434: Imminent Monitor describes [Imminent Monitor](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0434) was a commodity remote access tool (RAT) offered for sale from 2012 until 2019, when an operation was conducted to take down the Imminent Monitor infrastructure. Various cracked versions and variations of this RAT are still in circulation.(Citation: Imminent Unit42 Dec2019)
Executive priority
S0434: Imminent Monitor 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 S0434: Imminent Monitor 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 S0434: Imminent Monitor 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.
Imminent Monitor
Imminent Monitor was a commodity remote access tool (RAT) offered for sale from 2012 until 2019, when an operation was conducted to take down the Imminent Monitor infrastructure. Various cracked versions and variations of this RAT are still in circulation.[1]
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 | T1106 | Native API | Imminent Monitor has leveraged CreateProcessW() call to execute the debugger.CitationQiAnXin APT-C-36 Feb2019 |
| Enterprise | T1555.003 | Credentials from Web BrowsersSub-technique | Imminent Monitor has a PasswordRecoveryPacket module for recovering browser passwords.CitationQiAnXin APT-C-36 Feb2019 |
| Enterprise | T1140 | Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information | Imminent Monitor has decoded malware components that are then dropped to the system.CitationQiAnXin APT-C-36 Feb2019 |
| Enterprise | T1056.001 | KeyloggingSub-technique | Imminent Monitor has a keylogging module.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1070.004 | File DeletionSub-technique | Imminent Monitor has deleted files related to its dynamic debugger feature.CitationQiAnXin APT-C-36 Feb2019 |
| Enterprise | T1021.001 | Remote Desktop ProtocolSub-technique | Imminent Monitor has a module for performing remote desktop access.CitationQiAnXin APT-C-36 Feb2019 |
| Enterprise | T1057 | Process Discovery | Imminent Monitor has a "Process Watcher" feature to monitor processes in case the client ever crashes or gets closed.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1059 | Command and Scripting Interpreter | Imminent Monitor has a CommandPromptPacket and ScriptPacket module(s) for creating a remote shell and executing scripts.CitationQiAnXin APT-C-36 Feb2019 |
| Enterprise | T1125 | Video Capture | Imminent Monitor has a remote webcam monitoring capability.[1]CitationQiAnXin APT-C-36 Feb2019 |
| Enterprise | T1685 | Disable or Modify Tools | Imminent Monitor has a feature to disable Windows Task Manager.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1564.001 | Hidden Files and DirectoriesSub-technique | Imminent Monitor has a dynamic debugging feature to set the file attribute to hidden.CitationQiAnXin APT-C-36 Feb2019 |
| Enterprise | T1496.001 | Compute HijackingSub-technique | Imminent Monitor has the capability to run a cryptocurrency miner on the victim machine.[1] |
| Enterprise | T1041 | Exfiltration Over C2 Channel | Imminent Monitor has uploaded a file containing debugger logs, network information and system information to the C2.CitationQiAnXin APT-C-36 Feb2019 |
| Enterprise | T1123 | Audio Capture | Imminent Monitor has a remote microphone monitoring capability.[1]CitationQiAnXin APT-C-36 Feb2019 |
| Enterprise | T1027 | Obfuscated Files or Information | Imminent Monitor has encrypted the spearphish attachments to avoid detection from email gateways; the debugger also encrypts information before sending to the C2.CitationQiAnXin APT-C-36 Feb2019 |
| Enterprise | T1083 | File and Directory Discovery | Imminent Monitor has a dynamic debugging feature to check whether it is located in the %TEMP% directory, otherwise it copies itself there.CitationQiAnXin APT-C-36 Feb2019 |
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]
G0099: APT-C-36
APT-C-36 is a suspected South American threat group that has engaged in espionage and financially motivated operations since at least 2018. APT-C-36 has targeted government institutions and entities in the financial, energy, and professional manufacturing sectors across Colombia and other Latin American countries.[1][2][3][4]
All related ATT&CK context
Object version and sync metadata
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Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(3)
| Release | Bundle imported | Object version | Modified | Status | Raw hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20.0 | 1.1 | Older bundle | 1eb56a29ff82… | ||
| 19.2 | 1.1 | Current bundle | 1eb56a29ff82… | ||
| 19.1 | 1.1 | Older bundle | 1eb56a29ff82… |
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]Imminent Unit42 Dec2019
Unit 42. (2019, December 2). Imminent Monitor – a RAT Down Under. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
Open source URL - [2]mitre-attackS0434Open source URL
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