Bumblebee
Essential information
- Confidence
- 100/100
- Is family
- Yes
- Published
- 19/08/2022 22:28
- Modified
- 27/03/2026 01:03
- Revoked
- No
- Author / Source
- The MITRE Corporation
- Related entities
- 93 attack patterns (mitre), 2 intrusion sets (apt), 2 sectors, 2 countries, 98 indicators, 3 vulnerabilities (cve)
Description
[Bumblebee](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1039) is a custom loader written in C++ that has been used by multiple threat actors, including possible initial access brokers, to download and execute additional payloads since at least March 2022. [Bumblebee](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1039) has been linked to ransomware operations including [Conti](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0575), Quantum, and Mountlocker and derived its name from the appearance of "bumblebee" in the user-agent.(Citation: Google EXOTIC LILY March 2022)(Citation: Proofpoint Bumblebee April 2022)(Citation: Symantec Bumblebee June 2022)
Marking (TLP)
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