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)