Soul
Aliases: SoulSearcher
- First seen
- 2021-06-15 00:00:00
- Malware type
- rat, spyware
- Family
- Malware family
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 14:42:06
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector financial-services technology-and-telecommunications
Targeted regions: country_code:cn country_code:ru country_code:ir
Context
Soul is a remote access trojan used primarily for cyber-espionage purposes. Operatives use it to gain persistent access and exfiltrate data from targeted systems, focusing on strategic industries and regions.
Detection coverage
- 1 YARA rules
Detection rules
- MALPEDIA_Win_Soul_Auto (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- research.checkpoint.com — Pandas With A Soul Chinese Espionage Attacks Against Southeast Asian Government Entities (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Soul (report)
- fortinet.com — Unraveling The Evolution Of The Soul Searcher Malware (report)