Malware

Pasam

Pasam is a malware family identified as a backdoor that enables remote operators to interact with compromised systems. Documented capabilities include retrieving files from an infected host, deleting files, and obtaining lists of running processes. This combination of remote file access and process enumeration indicates use in post-compromise control, host reconnaissance, and operational management of victim machines. Available information supports its role as a simple remote-access backdoor, but does not provide high-confidence detail on delivery mechanism, associated threat actor, or specific industry targeting.

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MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

9 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.

Persistence

1 technique

T1547.008LSASS DriverEvidence1

Privilege Escalation

1 technique

T1547.008LSASS DriverEvidence1

Stealth

1 technique

T1070.004File DeletionEvidence7

The content repeatedly describes malware and threat actors deleting files, directories, droppers, logs, scripts, temporary files, exfiltrated archives, and uninstalling themselves to cover tracks or reduce forensic artifacts.

Discovery

5 techniques

T1057Process DiscoveryEvidence5

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.

T1082System Information DiscoveryEvidence9

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.

T1083File and Directory DiscoveryEvidence5

The content is a long ATT&CK-style listing of groups and malware that can 'list files and directories,' 'search for files,' 'enumerate drives,' 'gather file metadata,' or 'browse file systems' on compromised hosts.

T1120Peripheral Device DiscoveryEvidence1

Numerous entries mention enumerating drives, logical disks, disk type, free space, or volume information; examples include 'Babuk can enumerate disk volumes,' 'Cuba can enumerate local drives,' and 'TAINTEDSCRIBE can use DriveList to retrieve drive information.'

T1680Local Storage DiscoveryEvidence1

Collection

1 technique

T1005Data from Local SystemEvidence4

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.

Command and Control

1 technique

T1105Ingress Tool TransferEvidence2

The content repeatedly describes malware and threat actors that can "download files from C2," "download additional payloads," "upload and download files," "retrieve payloads from the C2 server," and "copy files to remote machines."

ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

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

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mitre attack websiteNews

Oct 28, 2025

Updates | MITRE ATT&CK®

... Pasam ... (v1.1→v1.2) ...

mitre attack websiteNews

Oct 28, 2025

Updates - Updates - October 2025 | MITRE ATT&CK®

Pasam (v1.1→v1.2)

mitre attack websiteNews

Oct 21, 2021

Data from Local System, Technique T1005 - Enterprise | MITRE ATT&CK®

Backdoor malware that allows remote attackers to retrieve files from infected systems.

mitre attack websiteNews

Oct 21, 2021

Indicator Removal on Host: File Deletion, Sub-technique T1070.004 - Enterprise | MITRE ATT&CK®

Backdoor malware enabling remote file deletion.

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Threat actor attribution

Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.

Exploited vulnerabilities

CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.

Detection signatures

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

MITRE ATT&CK mapping9

Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.

Researcher chatter

Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.

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