NAPLISTENER

First seen
2021-06-15 00:00:00
Malware type
trojan, backdoor
Family
Malware family
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:07:20

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector financial-services

Context

NAPLISTENER is a stealthy backdoor trojan used primarily in cyber-espionage operations against government and financial sectors. It is known for its advanced capabilities in evading detection and its use in targeted attacks by sophisticated threat actors.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Naplistener_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • elastic.co — Ref2924 Howto Maintain Persistence As An Advanced Threat (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Naplistener (report)
  • elastic.co — Naplistener More Bad Dreams From The Developers Of Siestagraph (report)

External references