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Rising Sun

The MITRE Corporation · Published 15/05/2020 00:29 · Modified 27/03/2026 01:05 Family

Essential information

Confidence
100/100
Is family
Yes
Published
15/05/2020 00:29
Modified
27/03/2026 01:05
Revoked
No
Author / Source
The MITRE Corporation
Related entities
20 attack patterns (mitre), 1 campaign, 1 campaigns

Description

[Rising Sun](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0448) is a modular backdoor that was used extensively in [Operation Sharpshooter](https://attack.mitre.org/campaigns/C0013) between 2017 and 2019. [Rising Sun](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0448) infected at least 87 organizations around the world, including nuclear, defense, energy, and financial service companies. Security researchers assessed [Rising Sun](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0448) included some source code from [Lazarus Group](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0032)'s Trojan Duuzer.(Citation: McAfee Sharpshooter December 2018)

Marking (TLP)

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