Makadocs
- First seen
- 2012-10-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- spyware, trojan
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 14:34:40
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector
Context
Makadocs is a type of malware leveraging malicious RTF documents to perform espionage by targeting government and public sector organizations. It is known for stealing sensitive information and providing attackers with remote access to compromised systems.
Detection coverage
- 1 YARA rules
Detection rules
- MALPEDIA_Win_Makadocs_Auto (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- kindredsec.com — An Overview Of Public Platform C2S (report)
- kindredsec.wordpress.com — An Overview Of Public Platform C2S (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Makadocs (report)
- Broadcom/Symantec — Malware Targeting Windows 8 Uses Google Docs (report)
- contagiodump.blogspot.com — Nov 2012 Backdoorw32Makadocs Sample (report)