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)