DreamBot

Internal ID: win.dreambot

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

2010 Gozi v2.0, Gozi ISFB, ISFB, Pandemyia(*)

2014 Dreambot (Gozi ISFB variant)

In 2014, a variant of Gozi ISFB was developed. Mainly, the dropper performs additional anti-vm checks (vmware, vbox, qemu), while the actual bot-dll remains unchanged in most parts. New functionality, such as TOR support, was added though and often, the Fluxxy fast-flux network is used.

See win.gozi for additional historical information.

Threat Analysis

DreamBot 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://community.riskiq.com/article/30f22a00

→https://lokalhost.pl/gozi_tree.txt

→https://medium.com/csis-techblog/inside-view-of-brazzzersff-infrastructure-89b9188fd145

→https://medium.com/csis-techblog/installcapital-when-adware-becomes-pay-per-install-cyber-crime-15516249a451

→https://medium.com/csis-techblog/the-end-of-dreambot-a-loved-piece-of-gozi-24cc9bfc8122

→https://research.checkpoint.com/2020/gozi-the-malware-with-a-thousand-faces/

→https://www.proofpoint.com/us/threat-insight/post/ursnif-variant-dreambot-adds-tor-functionality

→https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyDiIAt__dI

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.dreambot

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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