
| Names | MASQLOADER | |
| Category | Malware | |
| Type | Loader | |
| Description | (Trend Micro) The first observed loading method used to execute COBEACON payloads is via MASQLOADER, a DLL side-loaded loader. This loader component decrypts its payload using a substitution cipher, where the encrypted payload contains 1-3 character strings that has a hex value equivalent based on MASQLOADER’s substitution table. | |
| Information | <https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/c/the-espionage-toolkit-of-earth-alux.html> | |
Last change to this tool card: 21 April 2025
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| Changed | Name | Country | Observed | ||
APT groups | |||||
| Earth Alux | 2023 | ||||
1 group listed (1 APT, 0 other, 0 unknown)
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