Phontena is a malware family described by Kaspersky as a full-featured backdoor and likely the final payload in a multi-stage intrusion chain. Kaspersky states it dubbed the malware “Phontena.” The available content places Phontena among notable Q1 2022 discoveries and notes overlaps linking the intrusion chain to DarkHotel. High-confidence details beyond this are limited in the provided content: no specific infection vector, platform scope, victim industry, or indicators of compromise are directly given here.
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3 distinct threat actors attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.
We dubbed this malware Phontena... From our telemetry, we discovered a full-featured backdoor that is probably the final payload
We dubbed this malware Phontena... From our telemetry, we discovered a full-featured backdoor that is probably the final payload
We dubbed this malware Phontena... From our telemetry, we discovered a full-featured backdoor that is probably the final payload
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Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.
CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.
Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.