MALWARE FAMILY

MetaStealer

Internal ID: win.metastealer

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

On March 7, 2022, KELA observed a threat actor named _META_ announcing the launch of META – a new information-stealing malware, available for sale for USD125 per month or USD1000 for unlimited use. The actor claimed it has the same functionality, code, and panel as the Redline stealer, but with several improvements.

Threat Analysis

MetaStealer 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.sekoia.io/traffers-a-deep-dive-into-the-information-stealer-ecosystem

→https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/unc5537-snowflake-data-theft-extortion

→https://defentive.medium.com/the-phantom-threat-inside-unc5518s-invisible-empire-of-metastealer-operations-defentive-3c05359dcae0

→https://g0njxa.medium.com/approaching-stealers-devs-a-brief-interview-with-meta-8ae628dfab8c

→https://isc.sans.edu/forums/diary/Windows+MetaStealer+Malware/28522/

→https://ke-la.com/information-stealers-a-new-landscape/

→https://medium.com/walmartglobaltech/metastealer-string-decryption-and-dga-overview-5f38f76830cd

→https://research.nccgroup.com/2022/05/20/metastealer-filling-the-racoon-void/

→https://research.openanalysis.net/metatealer/stealer/dga/obfuscation/2023/05/11/metastealer.html

→https://russianpanda.com/2023/11/20/MetaStealer-Redline's-Doppelganger/

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.metastealer

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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