HIGHNOTE

Aliases: ChyNode

First seen
2021-03-15 00:00:00
Malware type
trojan, rat
Family
Malware family
Profile updated
2026-07-07 15:05:25

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

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

Context

HIGHNOTE, also known as ChyNode, is a sophisticated Remote Access Trojan (RAT) used in cyber-espionage campaigns. It targets government, financial, and telecom sectors for intelligence gathering and data exfiltration.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Highnote_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Highnote (report)
  • twitter.com — 1153994428949749761 (report)

External references