T1543.003 Windows Service in real malware

ATT&CK technique T1543.003 Windows Service appears in 3629 publicly analyzed samples on MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble, 3.2% of the analyzed corpus. Seven-day prevalence is flat (0 recent vs 0 prior). Most associated families: Zusy, VJadtre, NabucurObfs, Wapomi, HUILoader.

Tactics: persistence, privilege-escalation

Prevalence in the corpus

• Samples exhibiting T1543.003: 3629
• Share of analyzed corpus: 3.2%
• Last 7 days: 0 · prior 7 days: 0 (flat)

Malware families using T1543.003

• Zusy - 1111 samples
• VJadtre - 134 samples
• NabucurObfs - 121 samples
• Wapomi - 106 samples
• HUILoader - 101 samples
• Somhoveran - 84 samples

Example samples

• e25830a948bb0c98990ea45aab4305fddb165709094a6bb6ccd4401cf843c27c - malicious
• fa4fb4fecd478d493921f01a7eb78d43a8c67d5314408ffd2a9dd50fd95a8d59 - malicious
• 1d241c1a63758f8aa1bffd5e05d9207889ac8ddc3649b5877d791ddd3aae28f4 - malicious
• 75aecef91184b22ef1afe3bdb0ae8c3072dfe1fa08356dd13e2c9899dc7eaf2e - malicious
• 3a438523e3c6a32fdbb455d41a519fda3cab3caf9aea286a867b716aee441854 - malicious
• 945815408baa39650483c87c10655524eb29cc9c53a3425b1c0ed072ef7dcc58 - malicious
• 190039993888fd479b86320e2aa7c1fc8f4d9a0df37dd2a768fddb2b1471411a - malicious
• 102c4ca4c419347616ceda7afb8e9adc97f30e0d6aa10cd6b22614077f658bf5 - malicious
• 17e18f59003303c1ab689aea41dc5f8e8b0d1cd215a17532a1191ccf5eb397e0 - malicious
• 5461967e1280fd30245bfd53db5bb5b2791ba5a7ada9ce6fc26800e399be1a4a - malicious
• b96dd9eff2f5a0c427172356865e147a7a3e2b881120c1b7f3cb775a6765267a - malicious
• 84a2afed6c23787ac1ae8f8bd30749a61a6cc16508cf8cc014f58b1e4d8d1384 - malicious
• cae194fb5b944bbc1f9b7c030d0b6762c2716c49f043af7153d14fa64ebf9b8d - malicious
• c74daacd99d7d11060027d5437e9b4ddab40a49d7bf58b63557bc30785d38eea - malicious
• 3e22901e7b039f8e5f0abf40183e598b61c97eae4c8e518c5053be9bea070fe3 - malicious
• e66b9c42a98a552f5e4189ed22540f13823fac905f929eda4eb12d552b2bbed3 - malicious
• 36ed85083981d1088e522e8d79c9411bd500404ffb578f73808ad1ae5905f2d8 - malicious
• 6fc74d6b36c347528622fa2779adc82010c269e9d4205ab64ba109269718853f - malicious
• 27a2a005a42b639869b6e074d8bbc17d8881f0d1b16c70a99ee2384b49fee415 - malicious
• d6bc6bbabc2d8beec82c2ac3ed03189be04ab9ec0ae4b5faa79457615880e904 - malicious
• 2c4cdd3e46b707a0fcaf344230de14da0da504cb3c40b3e9ef79329e04063635 - malicious
• 3be1cb81e23c98a36935f4b753269d8f12b86fabc592e16d03d6a0d5640e659d - malicious
• 9a630b8f2ddeed59e50aef8c3ce6e68821667b78948f8fb82e90624fef758bed - malicious
• f2c67c0ba89c905b1337fbab938c2b5b0bc02f50a123fc37467c5ca606ab5bb1 - malicious
• bdbcbde4080ace797d4c004d78662af16d0f0a487b057d10dcf9fc76a852ff83 - malicious

Canonical technique definition: MITRE ATT&CK T1543.003 (ATT&CK v19.1, CC BY 4.0).

Frequently asked about T1543.003

How common is ATT&CK T1543.003 (Windows Service) in real malware?

ATT&CK technique T1543.003 Windows Service appears in 3629 publicly analyzed samples on MalwareAnalyzer by Cyble, 3.2% of the analyzed corpus. Seven-day prevalence is flat (0 recent vs 0 prior). Most associated families: Zusy, VJadtre, NabucurObfs, Wapomi, HUILoader.

Which malware families use T1543.003?

In this corpus T1543.003 is most associated with Zusy (1111), VJadtre (134), NabucurObfs (121), Wapomi (106), HUILoader (101), Somhoveran (84). Counts are analyzed samples per family in which the technique was observed.

What share of analyzed samples use T1543.003?

3.2% of the publicly analyzed corpus (3629 of 114611 samples) exhibits T1543.003. Technique attribution comes from behavior captured during real sandbox detonation and from static analysis, not from a vendor label.

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