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MITRE ATT&CK® Malware

S0547: DropBook

DropBook is a Python-based backdoor compiled with PyInstaller.[1]

EnterpriseS0547MalwareObject v1.1Modified
Glexia's Take · Automated analysis

Security context for executives and security teams

Automation confidenceMedium

S0547: DropBook describes [DropBook](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0547) is a Python-based backdoor compiled with PyInstaller.(Citation: Cybereason Molerats Dec 2020)

Executive priority

S0547: DropBook 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 S0547: DropBook 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 S0547: DropBook 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

DropBook

DropBook is a Python-based backdoor compiled with PyInstaller.[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.

9 rows
DomainIDNameRelationship / procedure
EnterpriseT1059.006PythonSub-technique

DropBook is a Python-based backdoor compiled with PyInstaller.[1]

EnterpriseT1059.003Windows Command ShellSub-technique

DropBook can execute arbitrary shell commands on the victims' machines.[1][2]

EnterpriseT1083File and Directory Discovery

DropBook can collect the names of all files and folders in the Program Files directories.[1][2]

EnterpriseT1102Web Service

DropBook can communicate with its operators by exploiting the Simplenote, DropBox, and the social media platform, Facebook, where it can create fake accounts to control the backdoor and receive instructions.[1][2]

EnterpriseT1567Exfiltration Over Web Service

DropBook has used legitimate web services to exfiltrate data.[2]

EnterpriseT1105Ingress Tool Transfer

DropBook can download and execute additional files.[1][2]

EnterpriseT1140Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information

DropBook can unarchive data downloaded from the C2 to obtain the payload and persistence modules.[1]

EnterpriseT1614.001System Language DiscoverySub-technique

DropBook has checked for the presence of Arabic language in the infected machine's settings.[2]

EnterpriseT1082System Information Discovery

DropBook has checked for the presence of Arabic language in the infected machine's settings.[1]

Associated objects

Groups, software, and campaigns

GroupEnterprise

G0021: Molerats

Molerats is an Arabic-speaking, politically-motivated threat group that has been operating since 2012. The group's victims have primarily been in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.[1][2][3][4]

Relationship explorer

All related ATT&CK context

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
1.1
Created
Modified
Raw hash
40d9b84b23157821...
Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(3)
ReleaseBundle importedObject versionModifiedStatusRaw hash
20.01.1Older bundle40d9b84b2315…
19.21.1Current bundle40d9b84b2315…
19.11.1Older bundle40d9b84b2315…
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.

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]
    Cybereason Molerats Dec 2020

    Cybereason Nocturnus Team. (2020, December 9). MOLERATS IN THE CLOUD: New Malware Arsenal Abuses Cloud Platforms in Middle East Espionage Campaign. Retrieved December 22, 2020.

    Open source URL
  2. [2]
    BleepingComputer Molerats Dec 2020

    Ilascu, I. (2020, December 14). Hacking group’s new malware abuses Google and Facebook services. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

    Open source URL
  3. [3]
    DropBook

    (Citation: Cybereason Molerats Dec 2020)(Citation: BleepingComputer Molerats Dec 2020)

  4. [4]
    mitre-attackS0547
    Open source URL
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