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)