ToddyCat
Essential information
- Confidence
- 100/100
- Published
- 16/12/2025 19:39
- Modified
- 27/03/2026 01:13
- Updated at
- 27/03/2026 01:13
- Revoked
- No
- Author / Source
- The MITRE Corporation
- Resource level
- —
- Primary motivation
- —
- Related entities
- 2 reports, 54 attack patterns (mitre), 12 malware, 1 sectors, 13 countries, 73 indicators, 3 tool
Description
Marking (TLP)
TLP:CLEAR Copyright 2015-2025, The MITRE Corporation. MITRE ATT&CK and ATT&CK are registered trademarks of The MITRE Corporation.
External references
Related entities
Attack patterns, malware, vulnerabilities, indicators and other entities linked to this intrusion set.
Reports (2)
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3 MITREs 1 APT
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2 Malwares 1 APT
Attack patterns (MITRE) (54)
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T1055 usesProcess Injection MITRE
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T1003 usesOS Credential Dumping MITRE
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T1059.001 usesPowerShell MITRE
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T1078.002 usesDomain Accounts MITRE
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T1547 usesBoot or Logon Autostart Execution MITRE
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T1036.005 usesMatch Legitimate Resource Name or Location MITRE
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T1095 usesNon-Application Layer Protocol MITRE
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T1018 usesRemote System Discovery MITRE
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T1190 usesExploit Public-Facing Application MITRE
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T1047 usesWindows Management Instrumentation MITRE
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T1102 usesWeb Service MITRE
Malware (12)
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Ninja usesFamily The MITRE Corporation Confidence 100
[Ninja](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1100) is a malware developed in C++ that has been used by [ToddyCat](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1022) to penetrate networks and control remote systems since at least 2020. [Ninja](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1100) is possibly part…
First seen 01/01/1970 · Last seen 16/11/5138 · -
Pcexter usesFamily The MITRE Corporation Confidence 100
[Pcexter](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1102) is an uploader that has been used by [ToddyCat](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1022) since at least 2023 to exfiltrate stolen files.(Citation: Kaspersky ToddyCat Check Logs October 2023)
First seen 01/01/1970 · Last seen 16/11/5138 · -
Cobalt Strike usesFamily The MITRE Corporation Confidence 100
[Cobalt Strike](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0154) is a commercial, full-featured, remote access tool that bills itself as “adversary simulation software designed to execute targeted attacks and emulate the post-exploitation actions of advanced…
First seen 01/01/1970 · Last seen 16/11/5138 · -
cuthead usesAlienVault Confidence 100First seen 01/01/1970 · Last seen 16/11/5138 ·
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HackTool:MSIL/Ninja usesAlienVault Confidence 100First seen 01/01/1970 · Last seen 16/11/5138 ·
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China Chopper usesFamily The MITRE Corporation Confidence 100
[China Chopper](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0020) is a [Web Shell](https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1505/003) hosted on Web servers to provide access back into an enterprise network that does not rely on an infected system calling back…
First seen 01/01/1970 · Last seen 16/11/5138 · -
TomBerBil usesAlienVault Confidence 100First seen 01/01/1970 · Last seen 16/11/5138 ·
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Samurai usesFamily The MITRE Corporation Confidence 100
[Samurai](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1099) is a passive backdoor that has been used by [ToddyCat](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1022) since at least 2020. [Samurai](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1099) allows arbitrary C# code execution and is used with multiple modules for…
First seen 01/01/1970 · Last seen 16/11/5138 · -
EDRSandBlast usesAlienVault Confidence 100First seen 01/01/1970 · Last seen 16/11/5138 ·
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TCESB usesAlienVault Confidence 100First seen 01/01/1970 · Last seen 16/11/5138 ·
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LoFiSe usesFamily The MITRE Corporation Confidence 100
[LoFiSe](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1101) has been used by [ToddyCat](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1022) since at least 2023 to identify and collect files of interest on targeted systems.(Citation: Kaspersky ToddyCat Check Logs October 2023)
First seen 01/01/1970 · Last seen 16/11/5138 · -
WAExp usesAlienVault Confidence 100First seen 01/01/1970 · Last seen 16/11/5138 ·
Sectors (1)
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Telecommunications targets
Countries (13)
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Taiwan targets
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Viet Nam targets
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Uzbekistan targets
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Kazakhstan targets
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Pakistan targets
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Slovakia targets
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland targets
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India targets
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Thailand targets
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Russian Federation targets
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Iran, Islamic Republic of targets
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Afghanistan targets
Indicators (73)
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update.certexvpn.comindicates
Tool (3)
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Net usesThe MITRE Corporation Confidence 100
The [Net](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0039) utility is a component of the Windows operating system. It is used in command-line operations for control of users, groups, services, and network connections. (Citation: Microsoft…
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netstat usesThe MITRE Corporation Confidence 100
[netstat](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0104) is an operating system utility that displays active TCP connections, listening ports, and network statistics. (Citation: TechNet Netstat)
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Ping usesThe MITRE Corporation Confidence 100
[Ping](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0097) is an operating system utility commonly used to troubleshoot and verify network connections. (Citation: TechNet Ping)