Divergent

Aliases: Novter

First seen
2019-06-01 00:00:00
Malware type
botnet, loader
Family
Malware family
Profile updated
2026-07-07 14:58:01

Targeted industries: financial-services technology-and-telecommunications

Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:ru country_code:cn

Context

Divergent, also known as Novter, is a malware family often utilized to establish botnets. It primarily targets financial services and technology sectors in multiple regions, leveraging its capabilities to load additional malicious payloads.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Divergent_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Divergent (report)
  • cert-pa.it — Devergent Malware Fileless (report)
  • Trend Micro — Tech Brief New Fileless Botnet Novter Distributed By Kovcoreg Malvertising Campaign (report)
  • Cisco Talos — Divergent Analysis (report)
  • Trend Micro — New Fileless Botnet Novter Distributed By Kovcoreg Malvertising Campaign (report)
  • Microsoft — Bring Your Own Lolbin Multi Stage Fileless Nodersok Campaign Delivers Rare Node Js Based Malware (report)

External references