MALWARE FAMILY

DropBook

Internal ID: win.dropbook

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

DropBook is a backdoor developed by the Molerats group and first appeared in late 2020. The backdoor abuses Facebook and Dropbox platforms for C2 purposes, where fake Facebook accounts are used by the operators to control the backdoor by posting commands on the accounts.

Threat Analysis

DropBook 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://www.cybereason.com/blog/new-malware-arsenal-abusing-cloud-platforms-in-middle-east-espionage-campaign

→https://www.cybereason.com/hubfs/dam/collateral/reports/Molerats-in-the-Cloud-New-Malware-Arsenal-Abuses-Cloud-Platforms-in-Middle-East-Espionage-Campaign.pdf

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.dropbook

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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