SHARPKNOT
Aliases: Bitrep
- First seen
- 2020-09-15 00:00:00
- Malware type
- rat
- Family
- Malware family
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 15:19:47
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector financial-services energy-and-utilities
Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:kr country_code:ru
Context
SHARPKNOT, also known as Bitrep, is a remote access Trojan (RAT) used in cyber-espionage campaigns. It is primarily deployed by state-sponsored threat actors targeting government and financial sectors.
Detection coverage
- 1 YARA rules
Detection rules
- MALPEDIA_Win_Sharpknot_Auto (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Sharpknot (report)
- us-cert.gov — Mar 10135536.11.White (report)
- eromang.zataz.com — Agentbase Exe (report)