MALWARE FAMILY

NetWire RC

Internal ID: win.netwire

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

Netwire is a RAT, its functionality seems focused on password stealing and keylogging, but includes remote control capabilities as well.

Keylog files are stored on the infected machine in an obfuscated form. The algorithm is:

for i in range(0,num_read):

buffer[i] = ((buffer[i]-0x24)^0x9D)&0xFF

Threat Analysis

NetWire RC 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

→http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2017/12/recam-redux-deconfusing-confuserex.html

→http://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2014/08/new-release-decrypting-netwire-c2-traffic/

→http://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/bluebottle-banks-targeted-africa

→https://blog.morphisec.com/revealing-the-snip3-crypter-a-highly-evasive-rat-loader

→https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2021/04/a-year-of-fajan-evolution-and-bloomberg.html

→https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2021/09/operation-armor-piercer.html

→https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2022/01/nanocore-netwire-and-asyncrat-spreading.html

→https://blog.vincss.net/2020/03/re011-unpack-crypter-cua-malware-netwire-bang-x64dbg.html

→https://blogs.blackberry.com/en/2021/09/threat-thursday-netwire-rat-is-coming-down-the-line

→https://blogs.vmware.com/security/2019/11/active-c2-discovery-using-protocol-emulation-part1-hydseven-netwire.html

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.netwire

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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