Activity timeline
APT37 appears in 8 tracked threats between and ; the busiest month was 2026-06 with 3 reports.
ATT&CK techniques observed
- T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)observed in 8 of 8 tracked threats
- T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)observed in 7 of 8 tracked threats
- T1113 Screen Capture — Collectionobserved in 7 of 8 tracked threats
- T1005 Data from Local System — Collectionobserved in 6 of 8 tracked threats
- T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel — Exfiltrationobserved in 6 of 8 tracked threats
- T1082 System Information Discovery — Discoveryobserved in 6 of 8 tracked threats
- T1102 Web Service — Command and Controlobserved in 6 of 8 tracked threats
- T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer — Command and Controlobserved in 6 of 8 tracked threats
- T1083 File and Directory Discovery — Discoveryobserved in 5 of 8 tracked threats
- T1123 Audio Capture — Collectionobserved in 5 of 8 tracked threats
- T1010 Application Window Discovery — Discoveryobserved in 4 of 8 tracked threats
- T1025 Data from Removable Media — Collectionobserved in 4 of 8 tracked threats
- T1056 Input Capture — Collectionobserved in 4 of 8 tracked threats
- T1057 Process Discovery — Discoveryobserved in 4 of 8 tracked threats
- T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter — Executionobserved in 4 of 8 tracked threats
Tracked threats
- APT37 Pretexting Campaign: Facebook Social Engineering Delivers RokRAT via Tampered PDFelement InstallerHIGH
- ASEC June 2026 APT Trend Report: Nation-State Actors Pivot to Cloud/OAuth Abuse, MaaS, and Supply-Chain CompromiseMEDIUM
- Operation Capsule Vault: APT37 Weaponizes Real Academic Event Materials to Deliver RokRAT via ISO/Process InjectionHIGH
- ScarCruft (APT37) Deploys Python-Based NarwhalRAT via Fake Microsoft Account Security Alerts and LNK-in-ZIP Staging with pCloud Dead-Drop C2HIGH
- NarwhalRAT: APT37-Linked Python RAT Deployed via Fake Microsoft OTP-Abuse Alerts Against South Korean TargetsHIGH
- NarwhalRAT: APT37 Python-based RAT delivered via LNK/PowerShell/Python loader chain in Microsoft-themed Korean spear-phishing campaignHIGH
- ScarCruft (APT37) BirdCall Android Variant — Multiplatform Supply-Chain Attack via sqgame[.]com[.]cn Targeting Yanbian Ethnic KoreansHIGH
- APT37 Ruby Jumper Campaign — Air-Gapped Network Bridging via THUMBSBD USB Worm, RESTLEAF Zoho WorkDrive C2, SNAKEDROPPER Ruby 3.3.0 Runtime Hijack, FOOTWINE/BLUELIGHT Surveillance BackdoorsHIGH