MALWARE FAMILY

JhoneRAT

Internal ID: win.jhone_rat

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

Cisco Talos identified JhoneRAT in January 2020. The RAT is delivered through cloud services (Google Drive) and also submits stolen data to them (Google Drive, Twitter, ImgBB, GoogleForms). The actors using JhoneRAT target Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Oman, Yemen, Syria, UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain and Lebanon.

Threat Analysis

JhoneRAT 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/2020/01/jhonerat.html

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

→https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/molerats-delivers-spark-backdoor/

→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.jhone_rat

Research Links

MITRE ATT&CK VirusTotal Google (news) Twitter/X search

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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