ATT&CK Technique · Stealth
T1014 RootkitMapped by 2 reports, 11 detection rules and 4 tracked actors on The Hunters Ledger. Technique page on attack.mitre.org.
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Reports
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Detection rules
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Detection rules
Carrier Credential Harvesting Through a Customer's RouterRootkit_Userland_OriginalsBackup_TarSet (YARA, Hunting); Content Change to a Core Process or Network Inspection Utility (SIGMA, Hunting)
Detection rules
Multi-Actor AI-Agent Framework Abuse (8 Operators)libpam_cache LD_PRELOAD Rootkit Family Signature (YARA, Detection); GHOST Kit Installer Function Signatures (ghost.sh) (YARA, Detection); /etc/ld.so.preload Modification (LD_PRELOAD Rootkit Persistence) (SIGMA, Detection)
Detection rules
Rovodev AI-Co-Authored Mirai Variant + Matrix C2 (87.106.143.220)MAL_Python_StealthAgent_AntiDebug_AntiVM_AI_Authored (YARA, Hunting); Non-Watchdog Process Opening /dev/watchdog: Mirai-Canonical Persistence Tactic (SIGMA, Hunting)
Detection rules
GHOST Cryptojacker Kit — Vova75Rus Supply Chain (77.110.96.200)MAL_Linux_GHOST_libpam_cache_Rootkit_Family (YARA, Detection); MAL_Linux_GHOST_libpam_cache_Source (YARA, Detection); Suspicious Shared Library Created in PAM Security Directory (SIGMA, Detection); Auditd - PAM Security Library Directory Write by Non-Package-Manager (SIGMA, Detection)
Tracked actors
Designations whose reports map this technique.
- UTA-2026-014: DDoS-for-hire operator running an AI co-authored C2 framework over a Pandora-Mirai botnet
- UTA-2026-016: GHOST cryptojacker kit customer (operator A) with self-hosted mining pool proxies
- UTA-2026-017: GHOST cryptojacker kit customer (operator B) using public mining pools, host abandoned
- UTA-2026-023: Telecom-focused operator reaching a carrier's credential plane through a customer's managed router
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