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TF-MAL-apk.retefe

📛 Threat Title

Malware family: Retefe

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

Description

ThreatFox malware family `apk.retefe`. Printable name: Retefe.

Indicators of Compromise (1)

Each indicator is enriched from the IOC database, threat-intel feed corroboration (Threat Hunt) and VirusTotal. Click one to expand.

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

IOC database

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

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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.retefe

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Remediations (10)

  • web:cybersecuritynews.com

    Microsoft has released urgent security updates to address a zero-day vulnerability in the Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver (cldflt.sys) that is currently being exploited in the wild.

  • web:learn.microsoft.com

    Remediate security weaknesses discovered through security recommendations, and create exceptions if needed, in Defender Vulnerability Management.

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

    Retefe is a Windows Banking Trojan that can also download and install additional malware onto the system using Windows PowerShell. It's primary functionality is to assist the attacker with stealing credentials for online banking websites.

  • web:medium.com

    Image 11: Deleting all Proxy settings from prefs.js Summary The Retefe malware family is quite large and holds a big variety of ways to be received by a victim as a legitimate file.

  • web:windowsforum.com

    High vendor confidence: Microsoft has publicly acknowledged CVE‑2025‑62454 and published updates in the Security Update Guide; that gives defenders a clean remediation path. Clear operational playbook: community reporting and past incidents provide a pragmatic set of detection, hunting, and mitigation steps that defenders can adopt quickly.

  • web:www.breachsense.com

    Complete malware remediation now requires addressing both the infected endpoint and the stolen authentication data. Your malware incident response playbook must account for both.

  • 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.crowdstrike.com

    Remediate faster Execute built-in commands or custom scripts to easily carry out complex remediation actions on any managed endpoint remotely. Connect to and quickly isolate the impacted endpoint, then remove malicious files to immediately shut down the attack.

  • web:www.f-secure.com

    Summary Retefe is a banking trojan that redirects its victim to a fake or a phishing banking URL in order to steal login credentials. It installs a fake root certificate and a Tor client on the victim's machine and change the network proxy which resulted in the victim being redirected to a fake banking URL through the Tor network when visiting certain banking URLs.

  • web:www.ncsc.gov.uk

    How to defend organisations against malware or ransomware attacks.

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