Malware

KharonHTTP

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MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

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

Command and Control

2 techniques

T1071Application Layer ProtocolEvidence1

BeaconHTTP : HTTP/S callback with configurable URIs, headers, and User-Agent rotation... BeaconDNS : DNS-based callback channel... BeaconTCP : Bind-style TCP channel for internal pivots | AdaptixC2 is an open-source post-exploitation framework... The framework ships two agent families... listeners as loadable plugins (“extenders”) covering HTTP/S, DNS/DoH, SMB named pipes, and raw TCP transports.

T1071.001Web ProtocolsEvidence1

The three .exe samples from 2.26.229[.]254 all call back to the same listener: C2: hxxp://2.26.229[.]254:4433 Callback URIs: /api/v1/status , /updates/check.php , /content.html Custom header: X-ISS

INDICATORS OF COMPROMISE

IOCs tracked for this family

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

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Network

3 tracked

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

TypeValueLatest sighting

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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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censys blogNews

Jun 17, 2026

AdaptixC2: Fingerprinting an Open-Source C2 Framework at Scale - Censys

Third-party AdaptixC2 listener extension that provides malleable C2 profiling similar to Cobalt Strike, allowing operators to customize URIs, headers, User-Agent patterns, and encoding behavior. It uses a custom cipher called LokyCrypt instead of AdaptixC2's default RC4.

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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 mapping2

Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.

Researcher chatter

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