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THE HUNTER’S LEDGER
ATT&CK Technique · Stealth
T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information
Mapped by 19 reports, 22 detection rules and 17 tracked actors on The Hunters Ledger. Technique page on attack.mitre.org.

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Reports

Each report maps this technique in its own ATT&CK table, at the confidence the report states. The link opens that table.

Report Sep 2026 · under Stealth · HIGH
Sliver C2 Windows Post-Exploitation Staging, 193.233.202.17
Report Aug 2026 · under Stealth · HIGH
Carrier Credential Harvesting Through a Customer's Router
Report Aug 2026 · under Stealth · HIGH
CloudSync: An Assembler's Intrusion Toolkit
Report May 2026 · under Stealth · LOW
CVE-2026-41940 cPanel Harvester Toolkit (216.126.227.49)
Report May 2026 · under Stealth · HIGH
Rhadamanthys MaaS Customer Deep-Dive (79.137.192.3)
Report Apr 2026 · under Stealth · HIGH
AdaptixC2 Open Directory Exposure (45.130.148.125)
Report Apr 2026 · under Stealth · HIGH
OpenStrike Expanded Toolkit — 106 New Files (2026-04-08)
Report Apr 2026 · under Stealth · HIGH
Shadow RAT & XWorm Open Directory Campaign
Report Apr 2026 · under Stealth · HIGH
Open Directory at 193.56.255.154 — XiebroC2 v3.1 & Covenant C2
Report Mar 2026 · under Stealth · HIGH
ZeroTrace Multi-Family MaaS Operation (74.0.42.25)
Report Feb 2026 · under Stealth · HIGH
Remcos RAT OpenDirectory Campaign
Report Feb 2026 · under Stealth · HIGH
NsMiner: Multi-Stage Cryptojacking Operation
Report Jan 2026 · under Stealth · HIGH
Arsenal-237 New Files: Advanced Toolkit Analysis
Report Nov 2025 · under Stealth · HIGH
Hybrid Loader/Stealer Ecosystem Masquerading as Sogou

Detection rules

Rules whose ATT&CK coverage line names this technique, by detection page. The link opens the page's coverage table.

Detection rules Sep 2026 · 1 rule
Sliver C2 Windows Post-Exploitation Staging, 193.233.202.17
Reflective .NET Assembly Load From A Base64-Encoded PowerShell String (SIGMA, Hunting)
Detection rules Aug 2026 · 1 rule
CloudSync: An Assembler's Intrusion Toolkit
svhost.js Fileless Loader: Custom Alphabet (YARA, Detection)
Detection rules Jul 2026 · 2 rules
EvilSoul-Engine: A Brazilian Stealer-Builder Malware-as-a-Service
EvilSoul-Engine Obfuscator XOR Key and Catchphrase (YARA, Detection); EvilSoul-Engine Split-Domain Anti-Grep Pattern (YARA, Hunting)
Detection rules Jun 2026 · 2 rules
Multi-Actor AI-Agent Framework Abuse (8 Operators)
libpam_cache LD_PRELOAD Rootkit Family Signature (YARA, Detection); Cryptojacker libpam_cache Drop to /lib/security (SIGMA, Detection)
Detection rules May 2026 · 3 rules
Rovodev AI-Co-Authored Mirai Variant + Matrix C2 (87.106.143.220)
MAL_ELF_Naku_Pandora_Mirai_Family (YARA, Detection); Naku/Pandora-Mirai Operator-Bespoke 22-Char Charset String: Family Tracking Signature (SIGMA, Hunting); Naku-Pandora Mirai Operator-Bespoke CNC Protocol (Length-Prefixed String Option Keys) (SURICATA, Hunting)
Detection rules May 2026 · 1 rule
GHOST Cryptojacker Kit — Vova75Rus Supply Chain (77.110.96.200)
Suspicious Shared Library Created in PAM Security Directory (SIGMA, Detection)
Detection rules May 2026 · 3 rules
Rhadamanthys MaaS Customer Deep-Dive (79.137.192.3)
Rhadamanthys .frontb Stage-2 Section Marker (YARA, Detection); Rhadamanthys Operator Loader Build/Campaign Strings (YARA, Detection); Rhadamanthys Customer-Specific Stage-2 CBC-XOR IV (YARA, Hunting)
Detection rules May 2026 · 2 rules
HijackLoader / Penguish / Rugmi to AsyncRAT Multi-Vector Phishing Campaign
ExceptionHandler.dll Plowshare Dispatcher (YARA, Detection); pe_03 HijackLoader Stage-3 Loader (API Hash Table) (YARA, Detection)
Detection rules Apr 2026 · 3 rules
Chaos Ransomware (TorBrowserTor) Multi-Stage Loader (94.103.1.13)
Batch Dropper Structural Anchors (YARA, Detection); mymain Build In-Memory Crypter Keys (YARA, Hunting); myfile Build In-Memory Crypter Keys (YARA, Hunting)
Detection rules Apr 2026 · 3 rules
Shadow RAT & XWorm Open Directory Campaign
Shadow RAT v2.6.4.0: AMSI + ETW Bypass Chain (YARA, Detection); XWorm 3.0-5.0: Config and Builder Markers (YARA, Detection); XWorm 3.0-5.0: Rijndael-256-ECB Config Crypto Pattern (YARA, Hunting)
Detection rules Apr 2026 · 1 rule
Open Directory at 193.56.255.154 — XiebroC2 v3.1 & Covenant C2
Covenant PowerShell Fileless Loader: GruntHTTP.ps1 (YARA, Detection)

Tracked actors

Designations whose reports map this technique.

  • UTA-2026-002: XiebroC2 and Covenant operator working from a Chinese-language build environment
  • UTA-2026-003: Commodity MaaS consumer running Shadow RAT and XWorm from one Windows VPS
  • UTA-2026-004: Developer of the OpenStrike multi-implant C2 toolkit, with a cracked Cobalt Strike arsenal
  • UTA-2026-005: Chaos ransomware builder user with a private five-stage crypter
  • UTA-2026-006: Stock AdaptixC2 operator with an operator-written PowerShell and .NET injection chain
  • UTA-2026-007: HijackLoader customer running a 15-month multi-vector phishing campaign into an AsyncRAT-class RAT
  • UTA-2026-008: Developer and operator of the BellaMain Turkish phishing-as-a-service panel
  • UTA-2026-009: Multi-product fraud operator pairing a real VPN service with a brand-impersonation phishing library
  • UTA-2026-010: Rhadamanthys MaaS customer with a self-built loader (customer side only, never the vendor)
  • UTA-2026-011: Financially motivated operator weaponising a cPanel authentication bypass with a custom harvesting toolkit
  • UTA-2026-014: DDoS-for-hire operator running an AI co-authored C2 framework over a Pandora-Mirai botnet
  • UTA-2026-016: GHOST cryptojacker kit customer (operator A) with self-hosted mining pool proxies
  • UTA-2026-017: GHOST cryptojacker kit customer (operator B) using public mining pools, host abandoned
  • UTA-2026-018: Hands-on-keyboard operator exploiting four Southeast Asian governments with a bespoke edge-device toolkit
  • UTA-2026-021: Assembler-model intrusion operator staging other actors' tooling against one German victim forest
  • UTA-2026-023: Telecom-focused operator reaching a carrier's credential plane through a customer's managed router
  • UTA-2026-024: Windows post-exploitation intrusion set with Sliver and a blockchain-resolved implant

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