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Mallory

alphaghoul

Also known asalphaghoul

AlphaGhoul is a cybercriminal threat actor active on underground forums, primarily known for promoting and selling the NtKiller tool. NtKiller is designed to silently disable antivirus and endpoint detection solutions, including Microsoft Defender, ESET, Kaspersky, Bitdefender, and Trend Micro, and claims to bypass enterprise-grade EDRs. The tool employs early-boot persistence, anti-debugging, and anti-analysis protections, and offers advanced features such as rootkit capability and silent UAC bypass for privilege escalation, available as modular add-ons. NtKiller is marketed for commercial sale to other cybercriminals, with a pricing structure reflecting its technical sophistication. The effectiveness of NtKiller has not been independently verified. There is no evidence linking AlphaGhoul to any nation-state or APT activity; the actor appears to be financially motivated and focused on enabling other cybercriminals through tool development and distribution.

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Target overlap

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Tradecraft mapping

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

Malware arsenal

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

Exploited CVEs

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.