Elise

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

Malware family tracked by Malpedia. ID: win.elise

Threat Analysis

Elise is a known-sophistication threat actor of undetermined national origin, engaged in cyber operations with a primary motivation of unknown activity patterns.

External References

→https://documents.trendmicro.com/assets/threat-reports/rpt-1h-2014-targeted-attack-trends-in-asia-pacific.pdf

→https://github.com/microsoft/Microsoft-365-Defender-Hunting-Queries

→https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2016/02/emissary-trojan-changelog-did-operation-lotus-blossom-cause-it-to-evolve/

→https://securelist.com/blog/research/70726/the-spring-dragon-apt/

→https://web.archive.org/web/20200509171721/https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fdiskyou/threat-INTel/master/2015/GlobalThreatIntelReport.pdf

Quick Facts

TypeAPT / Threat Group

Aliases3

Also Known As

win.eliseEVILNESTElise

External Intelligence

Malpedia: win.elise

Research Links

MITRE ATT&CK VirusTotal Google (news) Twitter/X search

Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.

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