MOONTAG

First seen
2023-07-15 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Profile updated
2026-07-07 15:03:29

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

Context

The malware, potentially named "MOON_TAG" by its developer as indicated by the strings within, is derived from code shared in a Google Group (https://groups.google.com/g/ph4nt0m/c/2J3_1XPeKD8/m/AYPoWudRcTAJ?pli=1). Each variant discovered possesses capabilities to communicate via the Microsoft Graph API. At this moment, it appears to be in development.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Moontag_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • security.com — Cloud Espionage Attacks (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Moontag (report)

External references