MalwareUsed by 1 actor

Havoc Demon

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THREAT ACTORS

Groups observed using it

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

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Amber Saolao

Once evasion is complete, the loader decrypts and injects a Havoc Demon payload directly into memory, leaving no encrypted file trace on disk. Havoc Demon is an open-source post-exploitation framework commonly used in red team operations but increasingly abused in real attacks.

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MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

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

Initial Access

1 technique

T1566PhishingEvidence1

The initial intrusion begins with a compressed archive delivered through phishing. Inside, victims find a government-themed document designed to resemble a legitimate diplomatic communication...

Stealth

1 technique

T1620Reflective Code LoadingEvidence1

Once evasion is complete, the loader decrypts and injects a Havoc Demon payload directly into memory, leaving no encrypted file trace on disk.

Command and Control

2 techniques

T1071Application Layer ProtocolEvidence1

The implant communicates with its command-and-control servers over port 443, blending in with ordinary web traffic to slip past network monitoring tools.

T1090.002External ProxyEvidence1

The domain saornfila[.]loU served as the primary command-and-control address, with traffic routed through a Cloudflare-based reverse proxy to conceal the true origin server.

INDICATORS OF COMPROMISE

IOCs tracked for this family

5 indicators attributed across vendor reports, sandbox runs, and researcher write-ups. Full values are available in Mallory.

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Network

2 tracked

IPs, domains, and DNS infrastructure linked to this family.

Hashes

3 tracked

File hashes (MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256) from samples and reports.

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ACTIVITY FEED

Recent activity

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

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cyber security newsNews

Jun 11, 2026

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Open-source post-exploitation implant/framework that provides full remote control over infected machines, including command execution, file access, and credential harvesting, and communicates with command-and-control servers over ports 443 and 8443.

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IOC matching5

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

Threat actor attribution1

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 mapping4

Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.

Researcher chatter

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