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Smokey Spider

Also known asSmokey Spider

Smokey Spider is a Russian-aligned cybercrime group identified in Five Eyes alert AA22-110A as posing a threat to critical infrastructure organizations, particularly in the context of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The group is described as the developer of Smoke Loader, also known as Smoke Bot, a malicious bot used to upload other malware. The advisory notes that some Russian-aligned cybercrime groups publicly pledged support for Russia and threatened cyber operations against entities supporting Ukraine; Smokey Spider is included among the named groups, but the provided content does not attribute specific campaigns, sectors, or sub-groups to it beyond that identification. Known alias in the provided content: SMOKEY SPIDER.

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OPERATIONAL PROFILE

Targeting

Who, where, and (when attributed) which flag flies behind the operation. Pulled from open-source reporting and Mallory's analyst review.

Where they target

Geographies tied to known operations.

  • 🇺🇦 Ukraine

Where they're from

Attributed origin per open-source reporting.

  • RU
MITRE ATT&CK

Tradecraft

2 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.

2 of 15 tactics2 techniques×N= number of intelligence reports citing this technique
MITRE ATT&CK
TA0001
Initial Access
1 technique
T1566
Phishing
TA0040
Impact
1 technique
T1498×2
Network Denial of Service
ARSENAL

Associated malware families

1 malware family attributed to this actor across reporting.

FamilyContextEvidenceLast seen
SMOKELOADERSMOKEY SPIDER is a cybercrime group that develops Smoke Loader (also known as Smoke Bot), a malicious bot that is used to upload other malware. Smoke Loader has been available since at least 2011, and operates as a malware distribution service for a number of different payloads, including—but not limited to—DanaBot, TrickBot, and Qakbot.1May 26, 2026
ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

3 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.

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Tradecraft mapping2

Every observed MITRE ATT&CK technique, grouped by tactic.

Malware arsenal1

Families this actor is known to deploy, with IOCs and behavior.

Exploited CVEs

CVEs this actor has used in known campaigns.

Detection signatures

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Observables

Domains, IPs, and hashes tied to this actor, refreshed continuously.