Gootloader — Malware Profile
Gootloader is a Javascript-based infection framework that has been used since at least 2020 as a delivery method for the Gootkit banking trojan, Cobalt Strike, REvil, and others. Gootloader operates on an "Initial Access as a Service" model and has leveraged SEO Poisoning to provide access to entities in multiple sectors worldwide including financial, military, automotive, pharmaceutical, and energy.
MITRE ATT&CK techniques (18)
- T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery
- T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information
- T1055.002 Portable Executable Injection
- T1055.012 Process Hollowing
- T1059.001 PowerShell
- T1059.007 JavaScript
- T1069.002 Domain Groups
- T1082 System Information Discovery
- T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
- T1132.001 Standard Encoding
- T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
- T1204.001 Malicious Link
- T1497.003 Time Based Checks
- T1547.001 Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder
- T1584.001 Domains
- T1584.006 Web Services
- T1614 System Location Discovery
- T1614.001 System Language Discovery