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1 distinct threat actor attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.
Since 2018, Earth Preta has constantly updated the backdoor command sets in the PlugX malware, which has at least four generations according to our observations: PlugX, REDDELTA, Hodur, DOPLUGS.
42 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.
Les échantillons antérieurs y parvenaient en créant une tâche planifiée à exécuter au démarrage via schtasks.exe.
...some indicative examples are commands to list drives and directories, read and write files, execute commands on a hidden desktop, and start an interactive remote cmd.exe session.
Korplug payloads are decrypted in memory, while only an encrypted form is ever written to the disk. Additionally, all strings are encrypted and Windows API function calls are obfuscated...
Imports are hidden by dynamic resolution of API function names.
Scheduled tasks created for persistence use legitimate-looking names.
File and directory names match expected values for the legitimate app that is abused by the loader.
Some versions of the Korplug loader inject the Korplug DLL into a newly launched process.
Korplug’s uninstall command deletes registry keys that store data and provide persistence.
When writing to a file, Korplug sets the file’s timestamps to their previous values.
Korplug payloads are decrypted in memory, while only an encrypted form is ever written to the disk.
...now feature much heavier obfuscation and anti-analysis systems present across the entire infection chain... while anti-execution measures also exist.
Les communications ultérieures se font toujours via TCP à l'aide d'un protocole personnalisé
42 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.
2 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
An earlier Earth Preta PlugX variant/generation referenced for lineage and evolution comparison with DOPLUGS.
Nouvelle variante de Korplug/PlugX utilisée dans une campagne attribuée à Mustang Panda. Elle est déployée via un chargeur personnalisé et DLL side-loading, met en place une persistance via tâches planifiées ou clés Run, communique avec le C2 via HTTPS/TCP avec chiffrement RC4, et fournit des capacités complètes de RAT/backdoor incluant reconnaissance système, navigation de fichiers, lecture/écriture de fichiers, exécution de commandes et shell distant.
Match every observed IP, domain, and hash against your live telemetry.
Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.
CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.
Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.