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Havex

Havex malware, also known as Backdoor.Oldrea, is a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) employed by the Russian attributed APT group "Energetic Bear" or "Dragonfly". Havex was discovered in 2013 and is one of five known ICS tailored malware developed in the past decade. These malwares include Stuxnet, BlackEnergy, Industroyer/CRASHOVERRIDE, and TRITON/TRISIS.…

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Author
Energetic Bear
Alias
Oldrea
Platforms
Windows, Linux, iOS, Android
Ports used
44818, 105 and 502
Technical name
BKDR_HAVEX.[letter] (Trend Micro) · Backdoor:Win32/Havex.[letter] Microsoft · Backdoor:W32/Havex (F-Secure)
Type
RAT

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Havex

Nodes22
Edges21
Triples70
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.090909
Components1

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Havex

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related to Description · 31
Havex → By, DCOM-based, Distributed Component Object Model, Dragonfly, Havex RAT, ICS, ICS/SCADA, In, Karagany, Known, MB Connect Line, MESA Imaging, OPC, OPC Unified Architecture, Open Platform Communications, PHP, RAT, Researchers, Rockwell Automation, SANS
related to Website Redirect Injection · 11
Havex → Corrupted, Hello, Java, Karagany, LightsOut, Once, OS, The, The Hello, The LightsOut, URL
related to Affected Regions & Victims · 10
Havex → Canadian, Cybersecurity, Dragos, Europe, Researchers, Symantec, The Dragonfly, Through, United States, US
related to Discovery · 7
Havex → F-Secure, ICS, ICS-CERT, OPC, Symantec, The Havex, The ICS-CERT Alert
Technical name · 3
Havex → Backdoor:W32/Havex (F-Secure), Backdoor:Win32/Havex.[letter] Microsoft, BKDR_HAVEX.[letter] (Trend Micro)
Alias · 1
Havex → Oldrea
Author · 1
Havex → Energetic Bear
Platforms · 1
Havex → Windows, Linux, iOS, Android
Ports used · 1
Havex → 44818, 105 and 502
Type · 1
Havex → RAT

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malware campaign ics exploit opc researchers websites rat victims energetic bear systems also known used backdoor information industrial devices victim

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
HavexAliasOldrea1.00infobox
HavexAuthorEnergetic Bear1.00infobox
HavexPlatformsWindows, Linux, iOS, Android1.00infobox
HavexPorts used44818, 105 and 5021.00infobox
HavexTechnical nameBKDR_HAVEX.[letter] (Trend Micro)1.00infobox
HavexTechnical nameBackdoor:Win32/Havex.[letter] Microsoft1.00infobox
HavexTechnical nameBackdoor:W32/Havex (F-Secure)1.00infobox
HavexTypeRAT1.00infobox
HavexWritten inPHP1.00infobox
Siemensinstance ofResearchers at SANS noted these ports are common to ICS/SCADA companies0.80text
Rockwell Automationinstance ofResearchers at SANS noted these ports are common to ICS/SCADA companies0.80text
Havexrelated to Affected Regions & VictimsThe Dragonfly0.60section

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