S9020: LODEINFO

S9020: LODEINFO describes [LODEINFO](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S9020) is a fileless backdoor malware first identified in 2020 that has been used by actors including [MirrorFace](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1054), primarily against media, diplomatic, governmental, and public sector organizations in Japan.(Citation: Kaspersky LODEINFO OCT 2022)(Citation: ITOCHU LODEINFO JAN 2024)(Citation: ESET MirrorFace DEC 2022)

Executive priority

S9020: LODEINFO 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 S9020: LODEINFO 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 S9020: LODEINFO 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

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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

LODEINFO

LODEINFO is a fileless backdoor malware first identified in 2020 that has been used by actors including MirrorFace, primarily against media, diplomatic, governmental, and public sector organizations in Japan.[1][2][3]

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.

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Domain	ID	Name	Relationship / procedure
Enterprise	T1070.004	File DeletionSub-technique	LODEINFO can delete files to remove traces of activity from victim systems.[2]
Enterprise	T1057	Process Discovery	LODEINFO can kill a process using specific process ID.CitationKaspersky LODEINFO Part II OCT 2022[2]
Enterprise	T1001.001	Junk DataSub-technique	LODEINFO can append C2 communication with randomly generated junk data.CitationKaspersky LODEINFO Part II OCT 2022[3]
Enterprise	T1486	Data Encrypted for Impact	LODEINFO can incorporate a ransom command to encrypt specified files and folders.CitationKaspersky LODEINFO Part II OCT 2022[3][2]
Enterprise	T1574.001	DLLSub-technique	LODEINFO can use legitimate EXE files to sideload malicious DLLs.[1]
Enterprise	T1074.001	Local Data StagingSub-technique	LODEINFO has collected stolen web cookies locally in the `%TEMP%` folder.[3]
Enterprise	T1573.001	Symmetric CryptographySub-technique	LODEINFO can encrypt C2 communication with a hardcoded (NV4HDOeOVyL) Vigenere cipher key.CitationKaspersky LODEINFO Part II OCT 2022
Enterprise	T1018	Remote System Discovery	LODEINFO can run `net view` and `net view /domain` for network discovery.[3]
Enterprise	T1105	Ingress Tool Transfer	LODEINFO has the ability to download additional files from the C2.CitationKaspersky LODEINFO Part II OCT 2022[3][2]
Enterprise	T1480	Execution Guardrails	LODEINFO can halt execution if the “en_US” locale is identified on a victim's machine.CitationKaspersky LODEINFO Part II OCT 2022
Enterprise	T1047	Windows Management Instrumentation	LODEINFO can execute commands with WMI.CitationKaspersky LODEINFO Part II OCT 2022[2]
Enterprise	T1041	Exfiltration Over C2 Channel	LODEINFO can exfiltrate collected credentials and browser cookies to the C2 server.[3]
Enterprise	T1614.001	System Language DiscoverySub-technique	LODEINFO can looks for the “en_US” locale on the victim’s machine.CitationKaspersky LODEINFO Part II OCT 2022
Enterprise	T1027.015	CompressionSub-technique	LODEINFO components have been compressed with zip for delivery.[1]
Enterprise	T1056.001	KeyloggingSub-technique	LODEINFO can capture keystrokes on targeted systems.[3][2]CitationTrend Micro Earth Kasha NOV 2024
Enterprise	T1027.016	Junk Code InsertionSub-technique	LODEINFO has inserted junk code to obstruct code analysis.[2]
Enterprise	T1027.013	Encrypted/Encoded FileSub-technique	The LODEINFO loader module contains XOR-encrypted shellcode.[1]CitationKaspersky LODEINFO Part II OCT 2022[2]
Enterprise	T1113	Screen Capture	LODEINFO has the ability to take screenshots.CitationKaspersky LODEINFO Part II OCT 2022[3][2]
Enterprise	T1566.001	Spearphishing AttachmentSub-technique	LODEINFO has been distributed to targeted victims via malicious email attachments.[1][3][2]
Enterprise	T1027.007	Dynamic API ResolutionSub-technique	LODEINFO can use a hashing algorithm to dynamically resolve API function addresses.CitationKaspersky LODEINFO Part II OCT 2022
Enterprise	T1124	System Time Discovery	LODEINFO can capture system time to send to the C2.CitationKaspersky LODEINFO Part II OCT 2022
Enterprise	T1082	System Information Discovery	LODEINFO can disover machine information including OS architecture, the ANSI code page (ACP) identifier, and hostname.CitationKaspersky LODEINFO Part II OCT 2022[2]
Enterprise	T1055	Process Injection	LODEINFO can inject shellcode into the memory of compromised hosts.CitationKaspersky LODEINFO Part II OCT 2022[3][2]
Enterprise	T1204.002	Malicious FileSub-technique	LODEINFO has been executed via victims opening malicious email attachments.[1][3][2]
Enterprise	T1106	Native API	LODEINFO can use Windows APIs such as `VirtualAllocEx()`, `WriteProcessMemory()`, `CreateRemoteThread()`, `NtAllocateVirtualMemory()`, `NtWriteVirtualMemory()`, and `RtlCreateUserThread()` to enable memory injection of shellcode.CitationKaspersky LODEINFO Part II OCT 2022
Enterprise	T1016	System Network Configuration Discovery	LODEINFO can enumerate the MAC address of the compromised host.[1]
Enterprise	T1005	Data from Local System	LODEINFO can upload files from infected hosts to the C2.CitationKaspersky LODEINFO Part II OCT 2022[3][2]
Enterprise	T1547.001	Registry Run Keys / Startup FolderSub-technique	LODEINFO has used Registry run keys to set persistence.[3]CitationTrend Micro Earth Kasha NOV 2024
Enterprise	T1083	File and Directory Discovery	LODEINFO has the ability to designate specific files and folders to encryption.[3][2]
Enterprise	T1033	System Owner/User Discovery	LODEINFO can identify the associated username on targeted machines.[2]
Enterprise	T1027	Obfuscated Files or Information	LODEINFO has used control flow flattening to obfuscate code.[2]
Enterprise	T1539	Steal Web Session Cookie	LODEINFO can list the contents of `%LocalAppData%\Google\Chrome\User Data\` and `%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Edge\User Data\` to obtain cookies.[3]

Associated objects

Groups, software, and campaigns

G1054: MirrorFace

MirrorFace is a People's Republic of China (PRC)-aligned cyberespionage actor believed to be a subgroup under the menuPass umbrella based on targeting, tools, and infrastructure overlaps. MirrorFace has been active since at least 2019, at first exclusively targeting Japanese organizations across the media, defense, diplomatic, financial, manufacturing, and academic sectors. Subsequent MirrorFace operations included targets in Central Europe and featured use of LODEINFO, HiddenFace, and UPPERCUT malware.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

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: 1.0
Created: Apr 17, 2026, 14:45 UTC (UTC+00:00)
Modified: May 12, 2026, 15:12 UTC (UTC+00:00)
Raw hash: e2cf2915db8ef857...

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)	1.0	May 12, 2026, 15:12 UTC (UTC+00:00)	Current bundle	`e2cf2915db8e…`
19.1	Jul 14, 2026, 09:14 UTC (UTC+00:00)	1.0	May 12, 2026, 15:12 UTC (UTC+00:00)	Older bundle	`e2cf2915db8e…`

Raw source

Mirrored ATT&CK source object

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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]
Kaspersky LODEINFO OCT 2022
Ishimaru, S. (2022, October 31). APT10: Tracking down LODEINFO 2022, part I. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
Open source URL
[2]
ITOCHU LODEINFO JAN 2024
ITOCHU. (2024, January 24). The Endless Struggle Against APT10: Insights from LODEINFO v0.6.6 - v0.7.3 Analysis. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
Open source URL
[3]
ESET MirrorFace DEC 2022
Breitenbacher, D. (2022, December 14). Unmasking MirrorFace: Operation LiberalFace targeting Japanese political entities. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
Open source URL
[4]
mitre-attackS9020
Open source URL

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