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AquaPurge is a log-clearing and manipulation utility used to remove traces of malicious activity from compromised Cisco Secure Email Gateway and Secure Email and Web Manager appliances running AsyncOS. It selectively removes attacker-associated entries from system logs, hindering forensic analysis and incident response while preserving unrelated log content. AquaPurge was observed as part of the UAT-9686 intrusion toolkit following exploitation of CVE-2025-20393, alongside the AquaShell backdoor and tunneling tools including AquaTunnel and Chisel. Cisco Talos assessed UAT-9686 with moderate confidence as a China-nexus advanced persistent threat actor.
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1 CVE Mallory has correlated with this family across public research and vendor advisories. Each row links to the full Mallory page for that vulnerability.
“AquaPurge, a log-clearing utility to erase the evidence.”
2 distinct threat actors attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.
“AquaPurge, a log-clearing utility to erase the evidence.”
4 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.
11 indicators attributed across vendor reports, sandbox runs, and researcher write-ups. Full values are available in Mallory.
IPs, domains, and DNS infrastructure linked to this family.
File hashes (MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256) from samples and reports.
27 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
A utility used to clear logs and hinder forensic investigation after compromise of Cisco AsyncOS appliances.
Log manipulation/cleaning utility used to erase or tamper with logs to hinder detection and forensics.
Log-purging tool used to delete/clear logs on compromised appliances to hinder detection and incident response.
A log-clearing tool used to delete or tamper with logs to reduce forensic visibility and hinder incident response.
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CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.
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