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3 distinct threat actors Mallory has associated with this family across public reporting. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.
The kit file downloaded from chifa.rpm-bin[.]link was a KITSUNE rootkit installer with the identifying global variable changed to MEGATSUNE.
Shell script to install kitsune. The MEGATSUNE variable was used instead of KITSUNE.
...prior iterations known as Facefish (February 2021), Kitsune (February 2022), and Megatsune (November 2023). The use of Kitsune was also linked to a threat cluster known as Sneaky Wolf...
3 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.
"...shifting the focus... from the exploitation of 1-day vulnerabilities in corporate services available from the internet (e.g., Microsoft Exchange)..."
"The SO is referred to as Kitsune" and "manipulates user-space interactions via LD_PRELOAD"; the configuration includes "LD_PRELOAD=/lib64/libs.so."
"PUMAKIT, a kernel rootkit... conceal itself from system tools..."
"The SO is referred to as Kitsune" and "manipulates user-space interactions via LD_PRELOAD"; the configuration includes "LD_PRELOAD=/lib64/libs.so."
7 indicators attributed across vendor reports, sandbox runs, and researcher write-ups. Values are masked here and available in full in Mallory.
4 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.