GoPhish is an open-source phishing framework used to build and manage credential-harvesting campaigns. It provides operators with infrastructure for sending phishing emails, hosting lure pages, and tracking victim interaction, making it useful for both criminal phishing operations and state-linked intrusion activity. It has been observed on malicious infrastructure alongside offensive tooling and scanning platforms, indicating use in broader intrusion ecosystems that combine reconnaissance, phishing, and follow-on compromise.
GoPhish has been associated with UNC1151, which used it primarily for email delivery in support of cyber espionage and Ghostwriter-related influence operations. In that context, it supported phishing campaigns aimed at credential theft and content dissemination. Variants and related tooling such as evilgophish have also been noted, including tracking-link patterns used to monitor recipient engagement.
Operationally, GoPhish is best characterized as phishing infrastructure rather than a traditional malware payload. It is commonly deployed as a long-lived internet-facing service and has been observed remaining online for extended periods compared with short-lived hands-on-keyboard frameworks. Its presence on exposed infrastructure is frequently used as a signal of active phishing capability supporting account compromise and related intrusion activity.
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1 distinct threat actor attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.
We have determined that UNC1151 uses GoPhish primarily for their email sending operations – including both cyber espionage and Ghostwriter content dissemination.
6 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.
1 indicator attributed across vendor reports, sandbox runs, and researcher write-ups. Full values are available in Mallory.
IPs, domains, and DNS infrastructure linked to this family.
9 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
A phishing framework used to support phishing operations on regional malicious infrastructure.
Phishing framework observed among tooling associated with the mapped infrastructure.
A phishing framework detected on the infrastructure, supporting credential theft.
GoPhish is a phishing framework used to conduct and track phishing campaigns, often leveraged by attackers to simulate or execute real phishing attacks.
Match every observed IP, domain, and hash against your live telemetry.
Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.
CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.
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Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.
Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.