MALWARE FAMILY

Prometei

Internal ID: win.prometei

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

According to Lior Rochberger, Cybereason, prometei is a modular and multi-stage cryptocurrency botnet. It was discovered in July 2020, Cybereason Nocturnus team found evidence that this Prometei has been evolved since 2016. There are Linux and Windows versions of this malware.

Threat Analysis

Prometei 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/prometei-botnet-improves/

→https://twitter.com/honeymoon_ioc/status/1494016518694309896

→https://twitter.com/honeymoon_ioc/status/1494311182550904840

→https://www.cybereason.com/blog/prometei-botnet-exploiting-microsoft-exchange-vulnerabilities

→https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/21/e/proxylogon-a-coinminer--a-ransomware--and-a-botnet-join-the-part.html

→https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/24/j/unmasking-prometei-a-deep-dive-into-our-mxdr-findings.html

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.prometei

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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