CRAT

First seen
2020-05-01 00:00:00
Malware type
rat
Family
Malware family
Profile updated
2026-07-07 14:20:58

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

Targeted regions: country_code:kr country_code:us

Context

According to Cisco Talos, CRAT is a remote access trojan with plugin capabilites, used by Lazarus since at least May 2020.

Detection coverage

  • 2 YARA rules

Detection rules

  • DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_CRAT (yara-rule)
  • MALPEDIA_Win_Crat_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • Cisco Talos — 2020 Year In Malware (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Crat (report)
  • secrss.com — 18635 (report)
  • mp.weixin.qq.com — 2Sv Drlehijmspscw0Kamg (report)
  • suspected.tistory.com — 269 (report)
  • Cisco Talos — Crat And Plugins (report)

External references