MALWARE FAMILY

BOLDMOVE

Internal ID: win.boldmove

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

According to Mandiant, this malware family is attributed to potential chinese background and its Linux variant is related to exploitation of Fortinet's SSL-VPN (CVE-2022-42475).

Threat Analysis

BOLDMOVE 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://thehackernews.com/2023/01/new-chinese-malware-spotted-exploiting.html

→https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/chinese-actors-exploit-fortios-flaw

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.boldmove

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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