Echelon

Aliases: Echelon-Stealer

First seen
2021-05-15 00:00:00
Malware type
credential-stealer
Family
Malware family
Last IoC activity
2026-07-10 00:11:46
Profile updated
2026-07-07 14:59:29

Targeted industries: financial-services technology-and-telecommunications

Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:ru

Context

Echelon is a credential-stealer malware family known to target financial and technology sectors, stealing sensitive information such as passwords and authentication tokens. It has been observed in the wild since 2021, with operations largely focused on the United States and Russia.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules

Detection rules

  • DITEKSHEN_MALWARE_Win_Echelon (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Echelon (report)
  • safeguardcyber.com — Echelon Malware Crypto Wallet Stealer Malware (report)

External references