HOMETHREATSMiniDuke
MALWARE FAMILY

MiniDuke

Internal ID: win.miniduke
1
aliases
Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

The MiniDuke toolset consists of multiple downloader and backdoor components

Threat Analysis

MiniDuke 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://cybergeeks.tech/how-to-defeat-the-russian-dukes-a-step-by-step-analysis-of-miniduke-used-by-apt29-cozy-bear/
→https://kindredsec.com/2019/08/12/an-overview-of-public-platform-c2s/
→https://kindredsec.wordpress.com/2019/08/12/an-overview-of-public-platform-c2s/
→https://research.checkpoint.com/2022/native-function-and-assembly-code-invocation/
→https://ti.qianxin.com/uploads/2020/02/13/cb78386a082f465f259b37dae5df4884.pdf
→https://www.carbonblack.com/2020/03/26/the-dukes-of-moscow/
→https://www.circl.lu/files/tr-14/circl-analysisreport-miniduke-stage3-public.pdf
→https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2013/02/its-a-kind-of-magic-1.html
→https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles/iron-hemlock

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family
Aliases1

Also Known As

win.miniduke

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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