Exploits CVEs in the wild

Mofang

Also known asMofang

Mofang is a likely China-based cyber espionage group observed since at least May 2012. The group was named for its frequent practice of imitating victim infrastructure. Reported targeting has focused on government and critical infrastructure in Myanmar, and has also included entities in several other countries as well as the military, automobile, and weapons sectors. The provided content associates Mofang with spearphishing-based delivery and user-execution tradecraft. It delivered spearphishing emails with malicious documents, PDFs, Excel files, and malicious links, and its malicious attachments required the recipient to open the file. The content also states that Mofang compressed the ShimRat executable within malicious email attachments and encrypted payloads before they were downloaded to victims. The ATT&CK-style annotations in the content associate Mofang with Malicious File Execution (T1204.002). No additional aliases or sub-groups are provided in the content beyond "mofang."

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MITRE ATT&CK

Tradecraft

22 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.

9 of 15 tactics29 techniques×N= number of intelligence reports citing this technique

MITRE ATT&CK

TA0042

Resource Development

1 technique

T1587

Develop Capabilities

T1587.001

Malware

TA0001

Initial Access

3 techniques

T1078

Valid Accounts

T1195

Supply Chain Compromise

T1566

Phishing

T1566.001×32

Spearphishing Attachment

T1566.002×8

Spearphishing Link

TA0002

Execution

2 techniques

T1059

Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1059.001×2

PowerShell

T1204×2

User Execution

T1204.001×2

Malicious Link

T1204.002×13

Malicious File

TA0003

Persistence

1 technique

T1078

Valid Accounts

TA0004

Privilege Escalation

1 technique

T1078

Valid Accounts

TA0005

Stealth

4 techniques

T1027×3

Obfuscated Files or Information

T1027.013×3

Encrypted/Encoded File

T1027.015

Compression

T1036

Masquerading

T1036.008

Masquerade File Type

T1078

Valid Accounts

T1564

Hide Artifacts

T1564.006

Run Virtual Instance

TA0007

Discovery

1 technique

T1087

Account Discovery

T1087.002

Domain Account

TA0009

Collection

3 techniques

T1005

Data from Local System

T1114

Email Collection

T1213

Data from Information Repositories

TA0010

Exfiltration

2 techniques

T1020

Automated Exfiltration

T1041

Exfiltration Over C2 Channel

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Associated vulnerabilities

1 CVE this actor has used in observed campaigns. 1 of them exploited in the wild.

CVE-2025-9491Microsoft Windows LNK File UI Misrepresentation Remote Code Execution VulnerabilityIn the wildEvidence2

This detection identifies instances where Windows Explorer.exe spawns PowerShell or cmd.exe processes, particularly focusing on executions initiated by LNK files. This behavior is associated with the ZDI-CAN-25373 Windows shortcut zero-day vulnerability, where specially crafted LNK files are used to trigger malicious code execution through cmd.exe or powershell.exe. This technique has been actively exploited by multiple APT groups in targeted attacks through both HTTP and SMB delivery methods.

ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

20 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.

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splunk researchNews

Apr 13, 2026

Detection: Windows EFI Volume Mount Attempt Via Mountvol | Splunk Security Content

Listed in the detection annotations as a threat actor associated with EFI volume mounting / installation-related behavior.

splunk researchNews

Apr 13, 2026

Detection: Windows Universal Data Link File Creation | Splunk Security Content

Referenced as a threat actor associated with spearphishing attachment activity involving malicious file execution and potential credential capture via UDL files.

splunk researchNews

Apr 13, 2026

Detection: Windows Suspicious QEMU Execution | Splunk Security Content

Listed as a threat actor associated with the observed use of QEMU and the -nographic flag to install a rogue Linux virtual machine for persistence and initial access.

splunk researchNews

Apr 13, 2026

Detection: Windows Binary Execution from an Archive | Splunk Security Content

Listed as a threat actor associated with the malicious file execution technique detected by this analytic.

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Target overlap

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Tradecraft mapping22

Every observed MITRE ATT&CK technique, grouped by tactic.

Malware arsenal

Families this actor is known to deploy, with IOCs and behavior.

Exploited CVEs1

CVEs this actor has used in known campaigns.

Detection signatures

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

Observables

Domains, IPs, and hashes tied to this actor, refreshed continuously.