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    Banana RAT Reads Encrypted msedge.txt Stage

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    GlassDiceBearhttps://www.dicebear.comhttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/„Glass” (https://www.dicebear.com) by „DiceBear”, licensed under „CC0 1.0” (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
    Daniel Jeremiah@daniyyell
    •updated Jun 20, 2026•0•0•8

    Detects a batch or PowerShell loader reading 'msedge.txt' from a writable path (Temp, AppData, Downloads, ProgramData) and treating its content as encoded executable data. This behavior is indicative of the Banana RAT malware.

    CQL

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    T1105 - Ingress Tool TransferT1059.001 - PowerShellT1059.003 - Windows Command ShellS1102 - Banana RATFile AccessScript ExecutionMalware DetectedWindows

    Found in

    • SHADOW-WATER-063 Banana RAT Banking Fraud CampaignLast updated May 20, 2026

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