H3XA — Operational Evidence

TypeMalware

External ID—

First seen2026-08-14

Last seen2026-08-14

Confidence

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[Misdat](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0083) is a backdoor that was used in [Operation Dust Storm](https://attack.mitre.org/campaigns/C0016) from 2010 to 2011.(Citation: Cylance Dust Storm)

Labels

malware

17 recorded

Relationships

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to Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

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to Clear Persistence

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to Data from Local System

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to Exfiltration Over C2 Channel

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to File and Directory Discovery

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to File Deletion

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to Ingress Tool Transfer

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to Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location

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to Native API

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to Non-Application Layer Protocol

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to Software Packing

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to Standard Encoding

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to System Information Discovery

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to System Language Discovery

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to Timestomp

Technique

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to Windows Command Shell

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from Operation Dust Storm

Campaign

2 external

References

mitre-attack

S0083

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Cylance Dust Storm

https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/content/cylance/prod/cylance-web/en-us/resources/knowledge-center/resource-library/reports/Op_Dust_Storm_Report.pdf

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