MALWARE FAMILY

RunForestRun

Internal ID: js.runforestrun

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

Active around 2012-2013, this family deployed small JavaScript snippets on infected websites to load exploit kit scripts from DGA-generated domains.

It commonly used the Blackhole exploit kit and the Sutra Traffic Distribution System (TDS), which caused it to sometimes be misnamed as Blackhole or Sutra.

Threat Analysis

RunForestRun is a malware family tracked by threat intelligence researchers and catalogued in the Malpedia dataset. It represents a distinct malicious software lineage with identifiable code characteristics, behaviors, and victimology.

External References

→https://blog.malwaremustdie.org/2012/10/fuzzy-in-manual-cracking-of.html

→https://blog.malwaremustdie.org/2013/11/runforrestrun-dga-is-alive-at.html

→https://github.com/unixfreaxjp/malwaremustdie/blob/6f69c8e4a55335b6b60a23785e98087b605ddceb/wiki/old/DGA_Research_Tips.md

→https://malware.dontneedcoffee.com/2012/12/eyeglanceru.html

→https://securelist.com/runforestrun-gootkit-and-random-domain-name-generation/57865/

→https://stopmalvertising.com/malware-reports/the-c3284d-malware-network-stats.php/pseudo-random-domains.html

→https://web.archive.org/web/20150613014503/https://blog.unmaskparasites.com/2012/06/22/runforestrun-and-pseudo-random-domains/

→https://www.shadowserver.org/news/beware-the-trolls-secure-your-trackers/

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

js.runforestrun

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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