PortStarter
Aliases: SocksProxyGo
- Malware type
- trojan
- Family
- Malware family
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 13:11:32
Targeted industries: technology-and-telecommunications
Context
PortStarter, also known as SocksProxyGo, is a Trojan malware that facilitates unauthorized network access by enabling port forwarding and establishing proxy connections. It is primarily written in Go, making it versatile across different systems.
Detection coverage
- 2 YARA rules
Detection rules
- MALPEDIA_Win_Socksproxygo_Auto (yara-rule)
- MALPEDIA_Win_Portstarter_Auto (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- Microsoft — Dev 0832 Vice Society Opportunistic Ransomware Campaigns Impacting Us Education Sector (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Portstarter (report)
- asiapacificdefencereporter.com — Final Crwd 2023 Threat Hunting Report (report)