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TF-MAL-apk.silkbean

📛 Threat Title

Malware family: SilkBean

Category: SilkBean First seen: Last updated: Source: ThreatFox Malwares

Description

ThreatFox malware family `apk.silkbean`. Printable name: SilkBean.

Indicators of Compromise (1)

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domain apk.silkbean VT: VT base fetch failed: HTTPError: 429 Client Error: Too Many Requests for url: https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/domains/apk.silkbean

IOC database

Type
domain
Value
apk.silkbean
First seen
Last seen
Attached to this threat
Appears in
1 threat
Description
Extracted from Threat TF-MAL-apk.silkbean

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Threat Hunt — feed corroboration

Not present in any configured threat-intel feed.

Details From VirusTotal

VirusTotal: VT base fetch failed: HTTPError: 429 Client Error: Too Many Requests for url: https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/domains/apk.silkbean

References (1)

Remediations (10)

  • web:attack.mitre.org

    SilkBean is a piece of Android surveillanceware containing comprehensive remote access tool (RAT) functionality that has been used in targeting of the Uyghur ethnic group. [1] ID: S0549 Type: MALWARE Platforms: Android Version: 1.0 Created: 24 December 2020 Last Modified: 25 April 2025 Version Permalink Live Version ATT&CK® Navigator Layers download view

  • web:cybersecuritynews.com

    Two sophisticated Linux rootkits are posing increasingly serious threats to network security by exploiting eBPF technology to hide their presence from traditional detection systems. BPFDoor and Symbiote, both originating from 2021, represent a dangerous class of malware that combines advanced kernel-level access with powerful evasion capabilities.

  • web:malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de

    Details for the SilkBean malware family including references, samples and yara signatures.

  • web:redcanary.com

    Extended Berkeley Packet Filter (eBPF) is beginning to transform the Linux malware landscape. Here's what defenders should look out for.

  • web:threatintelligence.garden.handsomezebra.com

    SilkBean is delivered via applications that possess malicious functionality, but mimic titles and icons that a target may want to install. The legitimate app with functionality the user expects is packaged within the malware and installed after SilkBean successfully infects a target device.

  • web:www.cisa.gov

    It highlights technical approaches to uncovering malicious activity and includes mitigation steps according to best practices. The purpose of this report is to enhance incident response among partners and network administrators along with serving as a playbook for incident investigation.

  • web:www.lookout.com

    Apps belonging to the SilkBean family have extensive surveillance and remote-control capabilities as is evident from the following list of 70 commands the app can receive from its C2 and perform.

  • web:www.mykxlg.com

    Team Cymru, a global leader in external threat intelligence and internet visibility, today announced its role as a private-sector partner in Operation Ramz, a first-of-its-kind cybercrime operation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region coordinated by INTERPOL. Running from October 2025 to 28 February 2026, the operation brought together law enforcement agencies from 13 countries to ...

  • web:www.nextgov.com

    The malware's command server appears to be based in Tokyo and was accessed by French authorities who helped craft the code needed to remove the infection.

  • web:www.researchgate.net

    Prevention and detection of eBPF-based malware is also explored, with the goal of providing organizations or legitimate users of eBPF techniques to harden their systems against eBPF-based malware ...

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