MalwareUsed by 2 actors

Up Yours 3.0

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THREAT ACTORS

Groups observed using it

2 distinct threat actors attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.

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Global kOS

Will he reveal the back door to Up Yours 3.0?... This is the upgrade to the much feared version 3.0, which has already the topic of a Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) alert.

via web archiveweb.archive.org

Technophoria

Will he reveal the back door to Up Yours 3.0?... This is the upgrade to the much feared version 3.0, which has already the topic of a Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) alert.

via web archiveweb.archive.org

MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

3 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.

Stealth

1 technique

T1564Hide ArtifactsEvidence1

Like 3.0, version 4.0 will run under Windows 95 or Windows NT and enables users to hide their identities so they can evade prosecution.

Impact

2 techniques

T1499Endpoint Denial of ServiceEvidence1

The media wants the whole story of denial of service, Up Yours 3.0, the new release...

T1499.001OS Exhaustion FloodEvidence1

These attacks automatically subscribed the targets to thousands of news groups, resulting in so much email traffic that it crashed the email systems of entire ISPs, temporarily preventing all users of the targeted online services from receiving email.

ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

1 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.

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web archiveNews

Mar 24, 1997

OTRiCS - On The Road in CyberSpace - Hackers

Earlier version of the Up Yours attack tool. The content describes it as being used to subscribe targets to thousands of newsgroups, generating enough email traffic to crash email systems of entire ISPs and disrupt mail delivery.

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IOC matching

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Threat actor attribution2

Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.

Exploited vulnerabilities

CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.

Detection signatures

YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.

MITRE ATT&CK mapping3

Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.

Researcher chatter

Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.

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MalwareUsed by 2 actors

Up Yours 3.0

For your environment

Hunt this family in your stack

Mallory pivots from this family to the IOCs, detections, and named campaigns that touch your stack, and pages you when something new lands.

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THREAT ACTORS

Groups observed using it

2 distinct threat actors attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.

View more details

Global kOS

Will he reveal the back door to Up Yours 3.0?... This is the upgrade to the much feared version 3.0, which has already the topic of a Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) alert.

via web archiveweb.archive.org

Technophoria

Will he reveal the back door to Up Yours 3.0?... This is the upgrade to the much feared version 3.0, which has already the topic of a Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) alert.

via web archiveweb.archive.org

MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

3 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.

Stealth

1 technique

T1564Hide ArtifactsEvidence1

Like 3.0, version 4.0 will run under Windows 95 or Windows NT and enables users to hide their identities so they can evade prosecution.

Impact

2 techniques

T1499Endpoint Denial of ServiceEvidence1

The media wants the whole story of denial of service, Up Yours 3.0, the new release...

T1499.001OS Exhaustion FloodEvidence1

ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

1 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.

1 SOURCESView more in app

web archiveNews

Mar 24, 1997

OTRiCS - On The Road in CyberSpace - Hackers

What this page doesn’t show

The version that knows your environment.

Start free trial

IOC matching

Match every observed IP, domain, and hash against your live telemetry.

Threat actor attribution2

Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.

Exploited vulnerabilities

CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.

Detection signatures

YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.

MITRE ATT&CK mapping3

Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.

Researcher chatter

Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.