Agent.BTZ
Description
(Kaspersky) The story of Agent.btz began back in 2007 and was extensively covered by the mass media in late 2008 when it was used to infect US military networks.
Here is what Wikipedia has to say about it: “The 2008 cyberattack on the United States was the ‘worst breach of U.S. military computers in history’. The defense against the attack was named ‘Operation Buckshot Yankee’. It led to the creation of the United States Cyber Command.
It started when a USB flash drive infected by a foreign intelligence agency was left in the parking lot of a Department of Defense facility at a base in the Middle East. It contained malicious code and was put into a USB port from a laptop computer that was attached to United States Central Command.
Names
| Name |
|---|
| Agent.BTZ |
| Minit |
| Chinch |
| Sun rootkit |
Category
Malware
Type
- Backdoor
- Rootkit
Information
- https://securelist.com/agent-btz-a-source-of-inspiration/58551/
- http://blog.threatexpert.com/2008/11/agentbtz-threat-that-hit-pentagon.html
- http://www.intezer.com/new-variants-of-agent-btz-comrat-found/
- http://www.intezer.com/new-variants-of-agent-btz-comrat-found-part-2/
- https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/05/26/agentbtz-comratv4-ten-year-journey/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent.BTZ
Mitre Attack
Malpedia
Alienvault Otx
Other Information
Uuid
d20d0064-ff8e-44e3-a55f-e4b54d53a357
Last Card Change
2022-12-29