MALWARE FAMILY

SlothfulMedia

Internal ID: win.slothfulmedia

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

According to MITRE, SLOTHFULMEDIA is a remote access Trojan written in C++ that has been used by an unidentified "sophisticated cyber actor" since at least January 2017. It has been used to target government organizations, defense contractors, universities, and energy companies in Russia, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe.

Threat Analysis

SlothfulMedia 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://securelist.com/iamtheking-and-the-slothfulmedia-malware-family/99000/

→https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/analysis-reports/ar20-275a

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.slothfulmedia

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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