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)