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APT / THREAT GROUP

Anchor

2
aliases
Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

Anchor is a sophisticated backdoor served as a module to a subset of TrickBot installations. Operating since August 2018 it is not delivered to everybody, but contrary is delivered only to high-profile targets. Since its C2 communication scheme is very similar to the one implemented in the early TrickBot, multiple experts believe it could be attributed to the same authors.

Threat Analysis

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

Intelligence Reports Mentioning Anchor

Five Malicious Rust Crates and AI Bot Exploit CI/CD Pipelines to Steal Developer Secrets
The Hacker News· Mar 11, 2026

External References

→https://cocomelonc.github.io/tutorial/2022/05/09/malware-pers-4.html
→https://cybersecurity.att.com/blogs/labs-research/trickbot-bazarloader-in-depth
→https://go.crowdstrike.com/rs/281-OBQ-266/images/Report2020CrowdStrikeGlobalThreatReport.pdf
→https://go.crowdstrike.com/rs/281-OBQ-266/images/Report2021GTR.pdf
→https://hello.global.ntt/zh-cn/insights/blog/trickbot-variant-communicating-over-dns

Quick Facts

TypeAPT / Threat Group
Aliases2

Also Known As

win.anchorAnchor

External Intelligence

Malpedia: win.anchor

Research Links

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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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