Linfo is a backdoor malware family that provides remote operators with interactive control over a compromised system. Documented capabilities include enumerating running processes, collecting data from the local host, deleting files, launching a remote shell, and reconfiguring command-and-control infrastructure by changing C2 servers. These behaviors indicate use for post-compromise control, host reconnaissance, data theft, and operational resilience. The malware’s ability to alter its C2 settings also suggests built-in fallback or failover support to maintain communications if primary infrastructure becomes unavailable. No high-confidence delivery vector, platform, or specific industry targeting is established from the available information.
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9 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.
Numerous entries state malware can create a remote shell or reverse shell, for example 4H RAT, BLACKCOFFEE, DarkComet, PlugX, QuasarRAT, and others. | The content repeatedly describes threat actors and malware using cmd.exe, the Windows command shell, to execute commands, launch payloads, run batch files, and automate actions on compromised hosts.
Tasklist can be used to discover processes running on a system. Numerous malware families and threat groups are described as listing running processes, collecting PIDs, checking for specific process names, or enumerating loaded modules.
The content repeatedly describes malware and threat actors collecting OS version, computer name, architecture, CPU, memory, disk, language, and other host details; examples include use of commands such as ver, systeminfo, hostname, uname -m, sw_vers -productVersion, and fsutil.
Andariel has collected large numbers of files from compromised network systems for later extraction... APT28 has retrieved internal documents from machines inside victim environments... BADNEWS crawls the victim's local drives and collects documents... many listed groups and malware collect files, documents, credentials, payment card data, or other information from compromised hosts.
APT41 used the Steam community page as a fallback mechanism for C2. Bazar has the ability to use an alternative C2 server if the primary server fails. BISCUIT malware contains a secondary fallback command and control server that is contacted after the primary command and control server.
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Backdoor malware that enables remote attackers to obtain data from local systems.
Backdoor malware enabling remote file deletion.
Backdoor malware that allows remote operators to modify command-and-control servers.
Backdoor malware that allows remote retrieval of running process lists.
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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.