MALWARE FAMILY

CRAT

Internal ID: win.crat

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

According to Cisco Talos, CRAT is a remote access trojan with plugin capabilites, used by Lazarus since at least May 2020.

Threat Analysis

CRAT 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.talosintelligence.com/2020/11/crat-and-plugins.html

→https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2020/12/2020-year-in-malware.html

→https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/2sV-DrleHiJMSpSCW0kAMg

→https://suspected.tistory.com/269

→https://www.secrss.com/articles/18635

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.crat

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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