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AGENTPSD

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THREAT ACTORS

Groups observed using it

3 distinct threat actors attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.

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UNC5221

AGENTPSD , a malware family written in Python that was deployed to Linux systems... AGENTPSD is a basic reverse shell utility written in Python and packaged into a native binary using PyInstaller.

via volexity blogvolexity.com
WARP PANDA

AGENTPSD , a malware family written in Python that was deployed to Linux systems... AGENTPSD is a basic reverse shell utility written in Python and packaged into a native binary using PyInstaller.

via volexity blogvolexity.com
VerdantBamboo

AGENTPSD , a malware family written in Python that was deployed to Linux systems... AGENTPSD is a basic reverse shell utility written in Python and packaged into a native binary using PyInstaller.

via volexity blogvolexity.com
MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

6 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.

Execution

2 techniques
T1053.003CronEvidence1

According to the system logs, VerdantBamboo created a file in /etc/cron.d/ named ssync that would execute /home/egnyteservice/ssync.sh.

T1059.004Unix ShellEvidence1
TacticExecution

The command string is parsed out of the server response... There are three supported command types... builtin Executes command text on the native shell.

Persistence

1 technique
T1053.003CronEvidence1

According to the system logs, VerdantBamboo created a file in /etc/cron.d/ named ssync that would execute /home/egnyteservice/ssync.sh.

T1053.003CronEvidence1

According to the system logs, VerdantBamboo created a file in /etc/cron.d/ named ssync that would execute /home/egnyteservice/ssync.sh.

Lateral Movement

1 technique
T1021.004SSHEvidence1

Volexity’s investigation determined that VerdantBamboo was able to access the Storage Sync system using valid credentials via secure shell (SSH) with an unprivileged account named egnyteservice.

T1071.001Web ProtocolsEvidence1

These BRICKSTORM instances use the websocket protocol handler for connecting to the C2.

T1105Ingress Tool TransferEvidence1

The threat actor then connected over SSH to deploy a previously undocumented backdoor, which Volexity tracks under the name PLENET.

T1573Encrypted ChannelEvidence1

The appliance was also making TLS connections to one of Google’s public DNS servers (8.8.8.8). It appeared to be using Google to perform queries via DNS over HTTPS

INDICATORS OF COMPROMISE

IOCs tracked for this family

3 indicators attributed across vendor reports, sandbox runs, and researcher write-ups. Full values are available in Mallory.

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Hashes
3 tracked

File hashes (MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256) from samples and reports.

TypeValueLatest sighting
hash.sha256●●●●●●●●●●●●View more in app1 day ago
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ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

1 sources tracked across advisories and community write-ups. News coverage will land here when it surfaces.

No news coverage yet. Advisories and community discussion only.

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IOC matching3

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Threat actor attribution3

Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.

Exploited vulnerabilities

CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.

Detection signatures

YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.

MITRE ATT&CK mapping6

Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.

Researcher chatter

Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.