MALWARE FAMILY

CloudEyE

Internal ID: win.cloudeye

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

CloudEyE (initially named GuLoader) is a small VB5/6 downloader. It typically downloads RATs/Stealers, such as Agent Tesla, Arkei/Vidar, Formbook, Lokibot, Netwire and Remcos, often but not always from Google Drive. The downloaded payload is xored.

Threat Analysis

CloudEyE 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://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/bluebottle-banks-targeted-africa

→https://0x00sec.org/t/analyzing-modern-malware-techniques-part-3/18943

→https://any.run/cybersecurity-blog/deobfuscating-guloader/

→https://asec.ahnlab.com/en/55978/

→https://blog.checkpoint.com/security/march-2023s-most-wanted-malware-new-emotet-campaign-bypasses-microsoft-blocks-to-distribute-malicious-onenote-files/

→https://blog.malwarebytes.com/scams/2020/08/sba-phishing-scams-from-malware-to-advanced-social-engineering/

→https://blog.morphisec.com/guloader-campaign-targets-law-firms-in-the-us

→https://blog.morphisec.com/guloader-the-rat-downloader

→https://blog.vincss.net/2020/05/re014-guloader-antivm-techniques.html

→https://blog.vincss.net/vi/re014-guloader-antivm-techniques/

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.cloudeye

Research Links

MITRE ATT&CK VirusTotal Google (news) Twitter/X search

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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