RustyRocket

First seen
2023-06-15 00:00:00
Malware type
trojan, spyware
Profile updated
2026-07-07 15:18:53

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

Context

Written in Rust and designed for both Windows and Linux environments, RustyRocket enables WorldLeaks affiliates to steal data through heavily obfuscated, multi-layered encrypted tunnels that can be exceptionally difficult to detect using traditional network monitoring.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Rustyrocket_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Rustyrocket (report)
  • linkedin.com — T Ryan Whelan 1156Ab5 Rusty Rocket Overview Activity 7427362471729995776 Wgmi (report)

External references