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Kazuar: Anatomy of a nation-state botnet

Microsoft Threat Intelligence
Microsoft Threat Intelligence
Published May 14, 2026Original Report

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In this article Delivery Module types Botnet operations Who is Secret Blizzard? Mitigation and protection guidance Microsoft Defender detections Kazuar, a sophisticated malware family attributed to the Russian state actor Secret Blizzard , has been under constant development for years and continues to evolve in support of espionage-focused operations. Over time, Kazuar has expanded from a relatively traditional backdoor into a highly modular peer-to-peer (P2P) botnet…

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SOCIAL AXISTECHNOLOGY AXISADVERSARYTurlaINFRASTRUCTUREunknownCAPABILITYPsExecVICTIMunknown
Adversary(1)
Infrastructure
Capability(1)
Victim

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5 indicators

TypeIndicatorConfidenceScoreFirst Seen
SHA256c1f278f88275e07cc03bd390fe1cbeedd55933110c6fd16de4187f4c4aaf42b9MediumScore 53/100First seen
SHA2566eb31006ca318a21eb619d008226f08e287f753aec9042269203290462eaa00dMediumScore 53/100First seen
SHA25669908f05b436bd97baae56296bf9b9e734486516f9bb9938c2b8752e152315d4MediumScore 53/100First seen
MD582760b84f1d703d596c79b88ba4fac1eMediumScore 53/100First seen
SHA256436cfce71290c2fc2f2c362541db68ced6847c66a73b55487e5e5c73b0636c85MediumScore 53/100First seen

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