Emerging Threats
Malware2025

Katz Stealer

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2025-05-22Latest
Summary

Katz Stealer is tracked here as a malware family or toolset with 4 Sigma detections spanning 2025. Coverage centers on dns, windows / dns_query, windows / image_load +1.

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DNS Query To Katz Stealer Domains

Detects DNS queries to domains associated with Katz Stealer malware. Katz Stealer is a malware variant that is known to be used for stealing sensitive information from compromised systems. In Enterprise environments, DNS queries to these domains may indicate potential malicious activity or compromise.

WindowsDNS Query
TA0011 · Command and ControlT1071.004 · DNSdetection.emerging-threats
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)Thu May 222025
Emerging Threathighexperimental

DNS Query To Katz Stealer Domains - Network

Detects DNS queries to domains associated with Katz Stealer malware. Katz Stealer is a malware variant that is known to be used for stealing sensitive information from compromised systems. In Enterprise environments, DNS queries to these domains may indicate potential malicious activity or compromise.

dns
TA0011 · Command and ControlT1071.004 · DNSdetection.emerging-threats
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)Thu May 222025
Emerging Threathighexperimental

Katz Stealer DLL Loaded

Detects loading of DLLs associated with Katz Stealer malware 2025 variants. Katz Stealer is a malware variant that is known to be used for stealing sensitive information from compromised systems. The process that loads these DLLs are very likely to be malicious.

WindowsImage Load (DLL)
TA0002 · ExecutionT1129 · Shared Modulesdetection.emerging-threats
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)Thu May 222025
Emerging Threathighexperimental

Katz Stealer Suspicious User-Agent

Detects network connections with a suspicious user-agent string containing "katz-ontop", which may indicate Katz Stealer activity.

Zeek (Bro)http
TA0011 · Command and ControlT1071.001 · Web Protocolsdetection.emerging-threats
Swachchhanda Shrawan Poudel (Nextron Systems)Thu May 222025
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