MALWARE FAMILY

Poet RAT

Internal ID: py.poet_rat

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

Cisco Talos has discovered a Python-based RAT they call Poet RAT. It is dropped from a Word document and delivered including a Python interpreter and required libraries. The name originates from references to Shakespeare. Exfiltration happens through FTP.

Threat Analysis

Poet RAT 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.talosintelligence.com/2020/04/poetrat-covid-19-lures.html

→https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2020/10/poetrat-update.html

→https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2020/12/2020-year-in-malware.html

→https://blog.talosintelligence.com/yorotrooper-espionage-campaign-cis-turkey-europe/

→https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/media/KASPERSKY_H1_2020_ICS_REPORT_EN.pdf

→https://securelist.com/apt-trends-report-q3-2020/99204/

→https://www.cyborgsecurity.com/cyborg_labs/python-malware-on-the-rise/

→https://www.dragos.com/blog/industry-news/new-ics-threat-activity-group-stibnite/

→https://www.ptsecurity.com/ww-en/analytics/antisandbox-techniques/

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

py.poet_rat

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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