Linodas
Aliases: DinodasRAT, XDealer
- First seen
- 2021-01-15 00:00:00
- Malware type
- rat
- Family
- Malware family
- Last IoC activity
- 2026-07-21 08:35:51
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 13:13:15
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector financial-services technology-and-telecommunications
Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:ru country_code:cn
Context
Linodas, also known as DinodasRAT and XDealer, is a remote access trojan (RAT) used for espionage and data exfiltration targeting government, financial, and technology sectors. It is notable for its sophisticated capabilities and focuses on infiltrating high-value targets.
Detection coverage
- 4 YARA rules
Detection rules
- SEKOIA_Apt_Implant_Xdealer_Stealer_Strings (yara-rule)
- SEKOIA_Apt_Implant_Xdealer_Strings (yara-rule)
- SEKOIA_Apt_Implant_Xdealer_Vbs_Launcher_Strings (yara-rule)
- SEKOIA_Apt_Implant_Xdealer_Linux_Variant_Strings (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- Trend Micro — Earth Krahang (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Elf.Linodas (report)
- research.checkpoint.com — 29676 (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Dinodas Rat (report)
- ESET — Operation Jacana Spying Guyana Entity (report)