Proxysvc
Essential information
- Confidence
- 100/100
- Is family
- Yes
- Published
- 17/10/2018 02:14
- Modified
- 27/03/2026 01:03
- Revoked
- No
- Author / Source
- The MITRE Corporation
- Related entities
- 15 attack patterns (mitre), 1 intrusion sets (apt)
Description
[Proxysvc](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0238) is a malicious DLL used by [Lazarus Group](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0032) in a campaign known as Operation GhostSecret. It has appeared to be operating undetected since 2017 and was mostly observed in higher education organizations. The goal of [Proxysvc](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0238) is to deliver additional payloads to the target and to maintain control for the attacker. It is in the form of a DLL that can also be executed as a standalone process. (Citation: McAfee GhostSecret)
Marking (TLP)
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