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STEADYPULSE

[STEADYPULSE](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1112) is a web shell that infects targeted Pulse Secure VPN servers through modification of a legitimate Perl script that was used as early as 2020 including in activity against US Defense Industrial Base (DIB) entities.(Citation: Mandiant Pulse Secure Zero-Day April 2021)

Malware
TypeMalware
External ID—
First seen2026-08-14
Last seen2026-08-14

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[STEADYPULSE](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1112) is a web shell that infects targeted Pulse Secure VPN servers through modification of a legitimate Perl script that was used as early as 2020 including in activity against US Defense Industrial Base (DIB) entities.(Citation: Mandiant Pulse Secure Zero-Day April 2021)

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to Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
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to Ingress Tool Transfer
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to Standard Encoding
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to Web Protocols
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to Web Shell
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2 external

References

mitre-attack
S1112
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Mandiant Pulse Secure Zero-Day April 2021
https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/suspected-apt-actors-leverage-bypass-techniques-pulse-secure-zero-day
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