LIGHTRAIL
- First seen
- 2021-06-15 00:00:00
- Malware type
- trojan
- Family
- Malware family
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 13:13:01
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications
Context
According to Mandiant, this is a tunneler, likely based on an open-source Socks4a proxy, that communicates using Azure cloud infrastructure.
Detection coverage
- 2 YARA rules
Detection rules
- SEKOIA_Tool_Win_Lightrail (yara-rule)
- MALPEDIA_Win_Lightrail_Auto (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- Mandiant — Suspected Iranian Unc1549 Targets Israel Middle East (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Lightrail (report)