ThumbThief

First seen
2021-03-15 00:00:00
Malware type
credential-stealer, trojan
Profile updated
2026-07-07 14:44:56

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

Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:gb country_code:ca

Context

ThumbThief is a credential-stealing trojan designed to target government and financial sectors. It exfiltrates sensitive data and provides attackers with remote access capabilities.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Thumbthief_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • ESET — New Self Protecting Usb Trojan Able To Avoid Detection (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Thumbthief (report)

External references