Agent.BTZ

Internal ID: win.agent_btz

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

Malware family identifying win.agent_btz. Origin and technical characteristics tracked via Malpedia.

Threat Analysis

Agent.BTZ 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

→http://blog.threatexpert.com/2008/11/agentbtz-threat-that-hit-pentagon.html

→http://www.intezer.com/new-variants-of-agent-btz-comrat-found-part-2/

→http://www.intezer.com/new-variants-of-agent-btz-comrat-found/

→https://artemonsecurity.com/snake_whitepaper.pdf

→https://blog.gdata.de/2015/01/23779-weiterentwicklung-anspruchsvoller-spyware-von-agent-btz-zu-comrat

→https://blogs.vmware.com/security/2020/09/detecting-threats-in-real-time-with-active-c2-information.html

→https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2021/02/16/21R019_RESPONSE.pdf

→https://cocomelonc.github.io/tutorial/2022/05/02/malware-pers-3.html

→https://docs.broadcom.com/doc/waterbug-attack-group

→https://ryancor.medium.com/deobfuscating-powershell-malware-droppers-b6c34499e41d

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.agent_btz

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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