Cobra Carbon System

Aliases: Carbon

First seen
2017-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
rat
Family
Malware family
Last IoC activity
2026-07-15 16:45:04
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:40:31

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector financial-services

Targeted regions: country_code:ru country_code:ua

Context

Cobra Carbon System, also known as Carbon, is an advanced persistent threat (APT) tool used primarily in cyber-espionage operations. It is known for targeting government and financial sectors, particularly in Eastern Europe.

Reports & references

  • CrowdStrike — Report2020Crowdstrikeglobalthreatreport (report)
  • circl.lu — Tr 25 (report)
  • Kaspersky — The Epic Turla Operation (report)
  • ESET — Carbon Paper Peering Turlas Second Stage Backdoor (report)
  • Broadcom/Symantec — Waterbug Attack Group (report)
  • secureworks.com — Iron Hunter (report)
  • Kaspersky — 88069 (report)
  • CISA — Aa23 129A (report)
  • Broadcom/Symantec — Waterbug Attack Group 16 En (report)
  • youtube.com — Watch (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Cobra (report)
  • govcert.ch — Report Ruag Espionage Case (report)
  • accenture.com — Turla Belugasturgeon Compromises Government Entity (report)
  • github.com — Turla Carbon (report)
  • melani.admin.ch — Report Ruag Espionage Case (report)
  • blog.gdatasoftware.com — 23926 Analysis Of Project Cobra (report)
  • github.com — Tdl (report)

External references