H3XA — Operational Evidence

TypeMalware

External ID—

First seen2026-08-14

Last seen2026-08-14

Confidence

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[FatDuke](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0512) is a backdoor used by [APT29](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0016) since at least 2016.(Citation: ESET Dukes October 2019)

Labels

malware

23 recorded

Relationships

uses

from APT29

Group

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to Browser Fingerprint

Technique

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to Data from Local System

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to Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information

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to Fallback Channels

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to File and Directory Discovery

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to File Deletion

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to Internal Proxy

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to Junk Code Insertion

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to Native API

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to Obfuscated Files or Information

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to PowerShell

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to Process Discovery

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to Query Registry

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to Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

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to Rundll32

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to Software Packing

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to Symmetric Cryptography

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to System Information Discovery

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to System Network Configuration Discovery

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to Time Based Checks

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to Web Protocols

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from Operation Ghost

Campaign

2 external

References

mitre-attack

S0512

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ESET Dukes October 2019

https://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/ESET_Operation_Ghost_Dukes.pdf

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