GOGGLES
Hunt this family in your stack
Mallory pivots from this family to the IOCs, detections, and named campaigns that touch your stack, and pages you when something new lands.
Groups observed using it
1 distinct threat actor attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.
One of these is called “GOGGLES” — a simple downloader that is controlled via encoded markers in files accessed over HTTP.
Techniques & procedures
4 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.
Initial Access
1 technique
Initial Access
Command and Control
3 techniques
Command and Control
"The accessed page contains an anchor with an encoded command in it... then decodes it to a command." / "Mandiant report describes GOGGLES sending an initial HTTP GET request for a JPEG image file with an embedded control command."
"The HTTP request includes a marker in the User-Agent string... The first part ... is an encoded version of the computer’s name... The second part ... appears to be a campaign code" | "The dropped executable connects to a website and downloads a single HTML page... The malware looks for the string in the anchor tag with the target NewRef, and then decodes it to a command."
IOCs tracked for this family
3 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.
Recent activity
1 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
The version that knows your environment.
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.