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MalwareUsed by 1 actor

ZOHOMURK

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THREAT ACTORS

Groups observed using it

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

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Mustang Panda

ZOHOMURK is the novel piece: it carries hardcoded Zoho OAuth credentials and uses them to run an attacker-controlled WorkDrive account as a dead drop, reading commands from an inbox folder and writing stolen output to an outbox.

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MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

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

Execution

2 techniques
T1053Scheduled Task/JobEvidence1

Acronis published indicators and hunting tips, including the persistence Run keys, a scheduled task named SolidPDFPcl2Bmp...

T1059Command and Scripting InterpreterEvidence1

ZOHOMURK is the novel piece: it carries hardcoded Zoho OAuth credentials and uses them to run an attacker-controlled WorkDrive account as a dead drop, reading commands from an inbox folder and writing stolen output to an outbox.

Persistence

2 techniques
T1053Scheduled Task/JobEvidence1

Acronis published indicators and hunting tips, including the persistence Run keys, a scheduled task named SolidPDFPcl2Bmp...

T1547.001Registry Run Keys / Startup FolderEvidence1

Acronis published indicators and hunting tips, including the persistence Run keys...

Privilege Escalation

2 techniques
T1053Scheduled Task/JobEvidence1

Acronis published indicators and hunting tips, including the persistence Run keys, a scheduled task named SolidPDFPcl2Bmp...

T1547.001Registry Run Keys / Startup FolderEvidence1

Acronis published indicators and hunting tips, including the persistence Run keys...

Command and Control

2 techniques
T1071Application Layer ProtocolEvidence1

The malware abuses Zoho WorkDrive, a cloud storage platform common in India's government sector, to pass commands and exfiltrate data. That is the whole idea: the traffic looks like ordinary cloud activity, so it hides inside the network it is stealing from.

T1105Ingress Tool TransferEvidence1

SHARDLOADER is a loader... It deploys one of two implants.

Exfiltration

2 techniques
T1567Exfiltration Over Web ServiceEvidence1

The malware abuses Zoho WorkDrive... to pass commands and exfiltrate data... ZOHOMURK... uses them to run an attacker-controlled WorkDrive account as a dead drop, reading commands from an inbox folder and writing stolen output to an outbox.

T1567.002Exfiltration to Cloud StorageEvidence1

The malware abuses Zoho WorkDrive, a cloud storage platform common in India's government sector, to pass commands and exfiltrate data.

INDICATORS OF COMPROMISE

IOCs tracked for this family

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

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Network
1 tracked

IPs, domains, and DNS infrastructure linked to this family.

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IOC matching1

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Threat actor attribution1

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 mapping7

Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.

Researcher chatter

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