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KaynLdr

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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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Khmer Shadow

Analysis of the decoded payload revealed that the penultimate stage is KaynLdr, a well-known open-source reflective loader used to load the final-stage Havoc Demon implant.

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MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

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

Privilege Escalation

1 technique
T1055Process InjectionEvidence1

The decrypted shellcode is then injected into the current process by allocating RWX memory via NtAllocateVirtualMemory, writing the payload into it with NtWriteVirtualMemory, and spawning a new thread through NtCreateThreadEx.

Stealth

2 techniques
T1055Process InjectionEvidence1

The decrypted shellcode is then injected into the current process by allocating RWX memory via NtAllocateVirtualMemory, writing the payload into it with NtWriteVirtualMemory, and spawning a new thread through NtCreateThreadEx.

T1620Reflective Code LoadingEvidence1

Analysis of the decoded payload revealed that the penultimate stage is KaynLdr, a well-known open-source reflective loader used to load the final-stage Havoc Demon implant.

Discovery

1 technique
T1057Process DiscoveryEvidence1

The function... uses the PEB and walks the InLoadOrderModuleList via PEB_LDR_DATA to enumerate all loaded modules in the current process.

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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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 mapping3

Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.

Researcher chatter

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