MALWARE FAMILY

CARROTBALL

Internal ID: win.carrotball

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

CARROTBALL is a simple FTP downloader built to deploy SYSCON, a Remote Access Trojan used by the same threat actor. Discovered by Unit 42 in late 2019, the downloader was adopted for use in spear phishing attacks against US government agencies.

Threat Analysis

CARROTBALL 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://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/the-fractured-statue-campaign-u-s-government-targeted-in-spear-phishing-attacks/

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.carrotball

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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