MoonBounce

First seen
2021-01-01 00:00:00
Malware type
rootkit, trojan
Profile updated
2026-07-07 15:10:03

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications

Context

MoonBounce is a malware embedded into a modified UEFI firmware. Placed into SPI flash, it can provide persistence across full reinstall and even disk replacements. MoonBounce deploys user-mode malware through in-memory staging with a small footprint.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Moonbounce_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • habr.com — 668154 (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Moonbounce (report)
  • Kaspersky — 105468 (report)
  • binarly.io — Index (report)
  • media.kasperskycontenthub.com — Moonbounce Technical Details Eng (report)

External references