CrypticConvo
- Malware type
- dropper, trojan
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 12:48:13
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications
Context
CrypticConvo is a dropper trojan which appears to be embedded in an automatic generator framework to deliver the FakeM trojan. According to PaloaltoNetworks CrypticConvo and several additional trojans are believed to be included in a meta framework used by the "Scarlet Mimic" threat actor in order to quickly evade AV systems.
Reports & references
- Palo Alto Unit 42 — Scarlet Mimic Years Long Espionage Targets Minority Activists (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Cryptic Convo (report)