MECHANICAL
Aliases: GoldStamp
- First seen
- 2022-05-15 00:00:00
- Malware type
- trojan, ransomware
- Family
- Malware family
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 12:41:54
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector financial-services
Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:uk
Context
MECHANICAL, also known as GoldStamp, is a sophisticated malware family primarily targeting the government and financial sectors. It is designed to infiltrate systems, steal sensitive data, and deploy ransomware to extort victims.
Detection coverage
- 1 YARA rules
Detection rules
- MALPEDIA_Win_Mechanical_Auto (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- CrowdStrike — Report2020Crowdstrikeglobalthreatreport (report)
- CISA — Aa20 301A (report)
- asert.arbornetworks.com — Stolen Pencil Campaign Targets Academia (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Mechanical (report)