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Mallory
MalwareUsed by 2 actors

Sherlock

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THREAT ACTORS

Groups observed using it

2 distinct threat actors attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.

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Lawxsz

Beyond his own products, he has also brokered access to large-scale credential aggregation tooling, including a December 2023 sale of a tool he referred to as Sherlock, advertised as containing millions of records, thousands of databases, and over 100 APIs including IntelX, supporting username, password, email, and URL-based lookups.

via malware newsmalware.news
Candiru

"Candiru also possessed a capability known as Sherlock."

via recorded future blogrecordedfuture.com
MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

1 distinct technique documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.

Resource Development

1 technique
T1583.006Web ServicesEvidence1

"Sherlock... leverages programmatic advertising to deliver its payload... placing malicious ads through ad exchanges... leading to the covert installation of spyware when the ad is displayed..."

What this page doesn’t show

The version that knows your environment.

This page is what’s public. Mallory adds the parts that aren’t: which of your assets match these IOCs, which detections are missing, which campaigns to expect next, and what to do in the next 30 minutes.
IOC matching

Match every observed IP, domain, and hash against your live telemetry.

Threat actor attribution2

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 mapping1

Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.

Researcher chatter

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