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 Tool: PocoDown
Names
PocoDown
Blitz
PocoDownloader
Category Malware
Type Tunneling
Description
Uses POCO C++ cross-platform library, XOR-based string obfuscation, SSL library code and
string overlap with X-Tunnel, infrastructure overlap with X-Agent, probably in use since mid-2018
Information
<https://threatvector.cylance.com/en_us/home/inside-the-apt28-dll-backdoor-blitz.html>
<https://threatvector.cylance.com/en_us/home/flirting-with-ida-and-apt28.html>
Malpedia <https://malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de/details/win.pocodown>
Last change to this tool card: 29 December 2022
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All groups using tool PocoDown
Changed Name Country Observed
APT groups
  Sofacy, APT 28, Fancy Bear, Sednit 2004-Apr 2025
1 group listed (1 APT, 0 other, 0 unknown)
Source: https://apt.etda.or.th/cgi-bin/listgroups.cgi?u=96d944a5-4d73-458e-b50e-7e25828061f5
https://apt.etda.or.th/cgi-bin/listgroups.cgi?u=96d944a5-4d73-458e-b50e-7e25828061f5
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