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BumbleBee

Also known as: COLDTRAIN, SHELLSTING, Shindig

This malware is delivered by an ISO file, with an DLL inside with a custom loader. Because of the unique user-agent "bumblebee" this malware was dubbed BUMBLEBEE. At the time of Analysis by Google's Threat Analysis Group (TAG) BumbleBee was observed to fetch Cobalt Strike Payloads.

Linked Threat Actors

EXOTIC LILYGOLD CABINTA578TA579

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