FLAME SPRAY
Hunt this family in your stack
Mallory pivots from this family to the IOCs, detections, and named campaigns that touch your stack, and pages you when something new lands.
Groups observed using it
2 distinct threat actors attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.
FLAME SPRAY - Windows-based remote-controlled malware with strong anti-analysis features. Can be customized to generate different types of servers.
FLAME SPRAY - Windows-based remote-controlled malware with strong anti-analysis features. Can be customized to generate different types of servers.
Techniques & procedures
3 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.
Lateral Movement
1 techniqueUsing this MiTM platform, they allegedly hijacked internal hosts and servers of the University before deploying further tools for remote control of the systems.
Command and Control
2 techniquesNOPEN: A remote-controlled malware that provided NSA operators with ongoing access to compromised systems. It allowed for file execution, process management, system command execution, and privilege escalation ... FLAME SPRAY - Windows-based remote-controlled malware ... STOIC SURGEON: A stealthy backdoor targeting Linux, Solaris, JunOS, and FreeBSD systems.
Encrypted Communications: All NSA tools leveraged encryption, ensuring that traffic to their command-and-control (C2) servers remained undetectable.
Recent activity
1 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
The version that knows your environment.
Match every observed IP, domain, and hash against your live telemetry.
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.