BEARDSHELL

Malware type
backdoor, trojan
Profile updated
2026-07-07 14:48:35

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications

Targeted regions: country_code:ua

Context

According to CERT-UA, this is a malware developed using the C++ programming language. It provides capabilities for downloading, decryption (chacha20-poly150) and performing PowerShell scripts, as well as uploading the command's results.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Beardshell_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Beardshell (report)
  • blog.sekoia.io — Apt28 Operation Phantom Net Voxel (report)
  • ESET — Sednit Reloaded Back Trenches (report)
  • CERT-UA — 6284080 (report)

External references