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)