MALWARE FAMILY

MoonBounce

Internal ID: win.moonbounce

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

MoonBounce is a malware embedded into a modified UEFI firmware. Placed into SPI flash, it can provide persistence across full reinstall and even disk replacements. MoonBounce deploys user-mode malware through in-memory staging with a small footprint.

Threat Analysis

MoonBounce 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://habr.com/ru/amp/post/668154/

→https://media.kasperskycontenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2022/01/19115831/MoonBounce_technical-details_eng.pdf

→https://securelist.com/moonbounce-the-dark-side-of-uefi-firmware/105468/

→https://www.binarly.io/posts/A_deeper_UEFI_dive_into_MoonBounce/index.html

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.moonbounce

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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