Malware

RCtea

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MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

2 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.

Resource Development

1 technique

T1584.005BotnetEvidence1

Lumen's Black Lotus Labs linked it to a botnet it discovered in 2023, named AVRecon. The botnet never grew to an extremely large size, but managed to maintain a healthy pool of IP addresses it could rent out to its customers.

Impact

1 technique

T1498Network Denial of ServiceEvidence1

Europol linked the service to ransomware deployments, DDoS attacks... China's CERT team has detected a new DDoS botnet named RCtea targeting IoT gear.

ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

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

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risky biz rssNews

Mar 13, 2026

Another residential proxy provider falls as authorities continue crackdowns

A newly detected DDoS botnet targeting IoT devices.

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IOC matching

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Threat actor attribution

Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.

Exploited vulnerabilities

CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.

Detection signatures

YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.

MITRE ATT&CK mapping2

Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.

Researcher chatter

Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.