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Malware

CARROTBALL

CARROTBALL is a simple FTP downloader built to deploy SYSCON, a Remote Access Trojan used by the same threat actor.

CARROTBALL is a Windows malware family.

Background

CARROTBALL is a basic FTP downloader designed to install SYSCON, a Remote Access Trojan operated by the same actor. Unit 42 identified it in late 2019, when the downloader was leveraged in spear phishing campaigns aimed at US government agencies.


Source: Malpedia (Fraunhofer FKIE).