Imminent Monitor RAT

Internal ID: win.imminent_monitor_rat

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

MITRE describes Imminent Monitor as a commodity remote access tool (RAT) offered for sale from 2012 until 2019, when an operation was conducted to take down the Imminent Monitor infrastructure. Various cracked versions and variations of this RAT are still in circulation.

Threat Analysis

Imminent Monitor RAT 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://itsjack.cc/blog/2016/01/imminent-monitor-4-rat-analysis-a-glance/

→https://ti.360.net/blog/articles/apt-c-36-continuous-attacks-targeting-colombian-government-institutions-and-corporations-en/

→https://ti.qianxin.com/uploads/2020/02/13/cb78386a082f465f259b37dae5df4884.pdf

→https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/imminent-monitor-a-rat-down-under/

→https://www.atomicmatryoshka.com/post/infographic-apts-in-south-america

→https://www.politie.nl/nieuws/2021/mei/19/04-aanhouding-in-onderzoek-naar-cybercrime.html

→https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles/cobalt-trinity

→https://www.trendmicro.com/content/dam/trendmicro/global/en/research/21/i/apt-c-36-updates-its-long-term-spam-campaign-against-south-american-entities-with-commodity-rats/BlindEagleIOCList.txt

→https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/21/i/apt-c-36-updates-its-long-term-spam-campaign-against-south-ameri.html

→https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/featured/man-jailed-using-webcam-rat-women-bedrooms/

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.imminent_monitor_rat

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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