MALWARE FAMILY

AndroMut

Internal ID: win.andromut

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

According to Proofpoint, AndroMut is a new downloader malware written in C++ that Proofpoint researchers began observing in the wild in June 2019. The “Andro” part of the name comes from some of the pieces which bear resemblance to another downloader malware known as Andromeda [1] and “Mut” is based off a mutex that the analyzed sample creates: “mutshellmy777”.

Threat Analysis

AndroMut 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.intel471.com/2020/05/21/a-brief-history-of-ta505/

→https://documents.trendmicro.com/assets/Tech-Brief-Latest-Spam-Campaigns-from-TA505-Now-Using-New-Malware-Tools-Gelup-and-FlowerPippi.pdf

→https://intel471.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-ta505

→https://outpost24.com/blog/using-qiling-framework-to-unpack-ta505-packed-samples/

→https://ti.qianxin.com/uploads/2020/02/13/cb78386a082f465f259b37dae5df4884.pdf

→https://www.blueliv.com/cyber-security-and-cyber-threat-intelligence-blog-blueliv/using-qiling-framework-to-unpack-ta505-packed-samples/

→https://www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/uploads/CERTFR-2020-CTI-006.pdf

→https://www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/uploads/CERTFR-2020-CTI-009.pdf

→https://www.proofpoint.com/us/threat-insight/post/ta505-begins-summer-campaigns-new-pet-malware-downloader-andromut-uae-south

→https://www.ptsecurity.com/ww-en/analytics/pt-esc-threat-intelligence/operation-ta505-part3/

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.andromut

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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