koneko is a Russian-speaking threat actor associated with the Tsundere botnet. The actor has been linked to malware delivery activity in which a Tsundere botnet dropper appeared on infrastructure used by another intrusion set, indicating operational overlap between state-linked intrusion environments and Russian-language cybercrime tooling. Tsundere has been characterized by its use of blockchain-based command-and-control resolution through Ethereum smart contracts to store and rotate controller information, an approach that complicates takedown and tracking. High-confidence reporting ties koneko specifically to this botnet tooling, but the available evidence does not establish a broader, fully attributed campaign history, victimology, or organizational structure beyond that association. Based on the confirmed linkage, koneko should be understood primarily as a Russian-speaking operator or cluster connected to botnet malware deployment and command-and-control tradecraft rather than a clearly delineated nation-state intrusion group.
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Who, where, and (when attributed) which flag flies behind the operation. Pulled from open-source reporting and Mallory's analyst review.
Attributed origin per open-source reporting.
7 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.
1 malware family attributed to this actor across reporting.
28 indicators attributed to this actor: domains, IPs, hashes, and other artifacts pulled from reporting. View more in app.
1 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
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Every observed MITRE ATT&CK technique, grouped by tactic.
Families this actor is known to deploy, with IOCs and behavior.
CVEs this actor has used in known campaigns.
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Domains, IPs, and hashes tied to this actor, refreshed continuously.