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win.poisonplug (Back to overview)

POISONPLUG

aka: Barlaiy

Actor(s): APT41

According to FireEye, POISONPLUG is a highly obfuscated modular backdoor with plug-in capabilities. The malware is capable of registry or service persistence, self-removal, plug-in execution, and network connection forwarding. POISONPLUG has been observed using social platforms to host encoded C&C commands.

References
2025-01-29 ⋅ Google ⋅ Conor Quigley, Luke Jenkins, Nino Isakovic
ScatterBrain: Unmasking the Shadow of PoisonPlug's Obfuscator
POISONPLUG ShadowPad SNAPPYBEE
2020-11-03 ⋅ Kaspersky Labs ⋅ GReAT
APT trends report Q3 2020
WellMail EVILNUM Janicab Poet RAT AsyncRAT Ave Maria Cobalt Strike Crimson RAT CROSSWALK Dtrack LODEINFO MoriAgent Okrum PlugX POISONPLUG Rover ShadowPad SoreFang Winnti
2020-09-18 ⋅ Symantec ⋅ Threat Hunter Team
APT41: Indictments Put Chinese Espionage Group in the Spotlight
CROSSWALK PlugX POISONPLUG ShadowPad Winnti
2019-12-12 ⋅ FireEye ⋅ Chi-en Shen, Oleg Bondarenko
Cyber Threat Landscape in Japan – Revealing Threat in the Shadow
Cerberus TSCookie Cobalt Strike Dtrack Emotet Formbook IcedID Icefog IRONHALO Loki Password Stealer (PWS) PandaBanker PLEAD POISONPLUG TrickBot BlackTech
2019-11-19 ⋅ FireEye ⋅ Kelli Vanderlee, Nalani Fraser
Achievement Unlocked: Chinese Cyber Espionage Evolves to Support Higher Level Missions
MESSAGETAP TSCookie ACEHASH CHINACHOPPER Cobalt Strike Derusbi Empire Downloader Ghost RAT HIGHNOON HTran MimiKatz NetWire RC POISONPLUG Poison Ivy pupy Quasar RAT ZXShell
2019-10-15 ⋅ FireEye ⋅ Tobias Krueger
LOWKEY: Hunting for the Missing Volume Serial ID
LOWKEY POISONPLUG
2019-08-09 ⋅ FireEye ⋅ FireEye
Double Dragon APT41, a dual espionage and cyber crime operation
CLASSFON crackshot CROSSWALK GEARSHIFT HIGHNOON HIGHNOON.BIN JUMPALL POISONPLUG Winnti

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