BADNEWS
Essential information
- Confidence
- 100/100
- Is family
- Yes
- Published
- 31/05/2017 23:33
- Modified
- 27/03/2026 01:06
- Revoked
- No
- Author / Source
- The MITRE Corporation
- Related entities
- 33 attack patterns (mitre), 2 intrusion sets (apt), 1 sectors, 1 countries, 5 indicators, 1 vulnerabilities (cve)
Description
[BADNEWS](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0128) is malware that has been used by the actors responsible for the [Patchwork](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0040) campaign. Its name was given due to its use of RSS feeds, forums, and blogs for command and control. (Citation: Forcepoint Monsoon) (Citation: TrendMicro Patchwork Dec 2017)
Marking (TLP)
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