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Speculoos

ATP Sandbox Adv. HeuristicsAV

Speculoos is a backdoor that the APT41 intrusion set used in a global intrusion campaign that exploited multiple vulnerabilities at once. Researchers documented its use against organizations worldwide, and its deployment alongside other APT41 tooling marked one of the group's most aggressive campaigns.

First seen
May 2023
Last seen
October 2026
Alert Name
Linux.Backdoor.Speculoos
Trojan.Speculoos.A
Trojan.Speculoos.B