MALWARE FAMILY
EASYNIGHT
Internal ID: win.easynight
1
aliases
Last seen:Mar 17, 2026
Intelligence Profile
FireEye describes EASYNIGHT is a loader observed used with several malware families, including HIGHNOON and HIGHNOON.LITE. The loader often acts as a persistence mechanism via search order hijacking.
Examples include a patched bcrypt.dll with no other modification than an additional import entry, in the observed case "printwin.dll!gzwrite64" (breaking the file signature).
Threat Analysis
EASYNIGHT 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
Quick Facts
TypeMalware Family
Aliases1
Also Known As
win.easynight
Research Links
Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.