Octopus (Windows)
- Malware type
- rat
- Family
- Malware family
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 13:07:30
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector financial-services
Targeted regions: country_code:kz country_code:ru
Context
Octopus is a Remote Access Trojan (RAT) primarily targeting government and financial sectors in Central Asia, especially Kazakhstan and Russia. It is known for enabling cyber-espionage activities by providing attackers with remote control over infected Windows systems.
Reports & references
- Kaspersky — 88200 (report)
- prodaft.com — Paperbug Tlpwhite 1 (report)
- isc.sans.edu — 26918 (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Octopus (report)
- mp.weixin.qq.com — V1Gi0Bw79Ta644Dqer4Qkw (report)