APT / THREAT GROUP

AcidBox

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

Unit42 found AcidBox in February 2019 and describes it as a malware family used by an unknown threat actor in 2017 against Russian entities, as stated by Dr.Web. It reused and improved an exploit for VirtualBox previously used by Turla. The malware itself is a modular toolkit, featuring both usermode and kernelmode components and anti-analysis techniques such as stack-based string obfuscation or dynamic XOR-encoded API usage.

Threat Analysis

AcidBox is a known-sophistication threat actor of undetermined national origin, engaged in cyber operations with a primary motivation of unknown activity patterns.

External References

→https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2020/08/attribution-puzzle.html

→https://securelist.com/apt-trends-report-q2-2020/97937/

→https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/acidbox-rare-malware/

→https://www.epicturla.com/blog/acidbox-clustering

Quick Facts

TypeAPT / Threat Group

Aliases3

Also Known As

MagicScrollAcidBoxwin.acidbox

External Intelligence

Malpedia: win.acidbox

Research Links

MITRE ATT&CK VirusTotal Google (news) Twitter/X search

Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.

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