HELLOKITTY
The MITRE Corporation
· Published 03/06/2021 22:07 · Modified 27/03/2026 01:05
Family
Essential information
- Confidence
- 100/100
- Is family
- Yes
- Published
- 03/06/2021 22:07
- Modified
- 27/03/2026 01:05
- Revoked
- No
- Author / Source
- The MITRE Corporation
- Related entities
- 33 attack patterns (mitre), 1 intrusion sets (apt), 9 sectors, 7 countries, 19 indicators, 2 vulnerabilities (cve)
Description
[HELLOKITTY](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0617) is a ransomware written in C++ that shares similar code structure and functionality with [DEATHRANSOM](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0616) and [FIVEHANDS](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0618). [HELLOKITTY](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0617) has been used since at least 2020, targets have included a Polish video game developer and a Brazilian electric power company.(Citation: FireEye FiveHands April 2021)
Marking (TLP)
TLP:CLEAR Copyright 2015-2025, The MITRE Corporation. MITRE ATT&CK and ATT&CK are registered trademarks of The MITRE Corporation.
External references
Related entities
Attack patterns, malware, vulnerabilities, indicators, intrusion sets and other entities linked to this malware.
Attack patterns (MITRE) (33)
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T1021 usesRemote Services MITRE
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T1219 usesRemote Access Tools MITRE
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T1543 usesCreate or Modify System Process MITRE
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T1041 usesExfiltration Over C2 Channel MITRE
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T1112 usesModify Registry MITRE
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T1562 usesImpair Defenses MITRE
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T1135 usesNetwork Share Discovery MITRE
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T1020 usesAutomated Exfiltration MITRE
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T1046 usesNetwork Service Discovery MITRE
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T1567 usesExfiltration Over Web Service MITRE
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T1059 usesCommand and Scripting Interpreter MITRE
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T1497 usesVirtualization/Sandbox Evasion MITRE
Intrusion sets (APT) (1)
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Vice Society usesAlienVault Confidence 100First seen 01/01/1970 · Last seen 16/11/5138 ·
Sectors (9)
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Telecommunications targets
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Media targets
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Finance targets
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Education targets
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Government targets
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Manufacturing targets
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Retail targets
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Healthcare targets
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Energy targets
Countries (7)
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Italy targets
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Germany targets
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland targets
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Brazil targets
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France targets
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Spain targets
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United States of America targets
Indicators (19)
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stix 100/100 Revoked
ELF:Filecoder-BT\ [Trj]
· Valid until 10/03/2024 · Source: AlienVault -
stix 100/100 Revoked
Ransom:Win32/Zeppelin.A!MSR
· Valid until 10/03/2024 · Source: AlienVault
Vulnerabilities (CVE) (2)
Microsoft Windows Print Spooler contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for remote code execution.
- Published
- 03/11/2021
- Modified
- 20/12/2025
Microsoft Windows Print Spooler contains an unspecified vulnerability due to the Windows Print Spooler service improperly performing privileged file operations. Successful exploitation …
- Published
- 03/11/2021
- Modified
- 20/12/2025