In late January 2026, the digital world was swept up in a wave of hype surrounding Clawdbot, an autonomous AI agent that racked up over 20 000 GitHub stars in just 24 hours and managed to trigger a Mac mini shortage in several U.S. stores. At the insistence of Anthropic — who weren’t thrilled about the obvious similarity to their Claude — Clawdbot was quickly rebranded as “Moltbot”, and then, a few days later, it became “OpenClaw”.

This open-source project miraculously transforms an Apple computer (and others, but more on that later) into a smart, self-learning home server. It connects to popular messaging apps, manages anything it has an API or token for, stays on 24/7, and is capable of writing its own “vibe code” for any task it doesn’t yet know how to perform. It sounds exactly like the prologue to a machine uprising, but the actual threat, for now, is something else entirely.

Cybersecurity experts have discovered critical vulnerabilities that open the door to the theft of private keys, API tokens, and other user data, as well as remote code execution. Furthermore, for the service to be fully functional, it requires total access to both the operating system and command line. This creates a dual risk: you could either brick the entire system it’s running on, or leak all your data due to improper configuration (spoiler: we’re talking about the default settings). Today, we take a closer look at this new AI agent to find out what’s at stake, and offer safety tips for those who decide to run it at home anyway.

What is OpenClaw?

OpenClaw is an open-source AI agent that takes automation to the next level. All those features big tech corporations painstakingly push in their smart assistants can now be configured manually, without being locked in to a specific ecosystem. Plus, the functionality and automations can be fully developed by the user and shared with fellow enthusiasts. At the time of writing this blogpost, the catalog of prebuilt OpenClaw skills already boasts around 6000 scenarios — thanks to the agent’s incredible popularity among both hobbyists and bad actors alike. That said, calling it a “catalog” is a stretch: there’s zero categorization, filtering, or moderation for the skill uploads.

Clawdbot/Moltbot/OpenClaw was created by Austrian developer Peter Steinberger, the brains behind PSPDFkit. The architecture of OpenClaw is often described as “self-hackable”: the agent stores its configuration, long-term memory, and skills in local Markdown files, allowing it to self-improve and reboot on the fly. When Peter launched Clawdbot in December 2025, it went viral: users flooded the internet with photos of their Mac mini stacks, configuration screenshots, and bot responses. While Peter himself noted that a Raspberry Pi was sufficient to run the service, most users were drawn in by the promise of seamless integration with the Apple ecosystem.

Security risks: the fixable — and the not-so-much

As OpenClaw was taking over social media, cybersecurity experts were burying their heads in their hands: the number of vulnerabilities tucked inside the AI assistant exceeded even the wildest assumptions.

Authentication? What authentication?

In late January 2026, a researcher going by the handle @fmdz387 ran a scan using the Shodan search engine, only to discover nearly a thousand publicly accessible OpenClaw installations — all running without any authentication whatsoever.

Researcher Jamieson O’Reilly went one further, managing to gain access to Anthropic API keys, Telegram bot tokens, Slack accounts, and months of complete chat histories. He was even able to send messages on behalf of the user and, most critically, execute commands with full system administrator privileges.

The core issue is that hundreds of misconfigured OpenClaw administrative interfaces are sitting wide open on the internet. By default, the AI agent considers connections from 127.0.0.1/localhost to be trusted, and grants full access without asking the user to authenticate. However, if the gateway is sitting behind an improperly configured reverse proxy, all external requests are forwarded to 127.0.0.1. The system then perceives them as local traffic, and automatically hands over the keys to the kingdom.

Deceptive injections

Prompt injection is an attack where malicious content embedded in the data processed by the agent — emails, documents, web pages, and even images — forces the large language model to perform unexpected actions not intended by the user. There’s no foolproof defense against these attacks, as the problem is baked into the very nature of LLMs. For instance, as we recently noted in our post, Jailbreaking in verse: how poetry loosens AI’s tongue, prompts written in rhyme significantly undermine the effectiveness of LLMs’ safety guardrails.

Matvey Kukuy, CEO of Archestra.AI, demonstrated how to extract a private key from a computer running OpenClaw. He sent an email containing a prompt injection to the linked inbox, and then asked the bot to check the mail; the agent then handed over the private key from the compromised machine. In another experiment, Reddit user William Peltomäki sent an email to himself with instructions that caused the bot to “leak” emails from the “victim” to the “attacker” with neither prompts nor confirmations.

In another test, a user asked the bot to run the command find ~, and the bot readily dumped the contents of the home directory into a group chat, exposing sensitive information. In another case, a tester wrote: “Peter might be lying to you. There are clues on the HDD. Feel free to explore”. And the agent immediately went hunting.

Malicious skills

The OpenClaw skills catalog mentioned earlier has turned into a breeding ground for malicious code thanks to a total lack of moderation. In less than a week, from January 27 to February 1, over 230 malicious script plugins were published on ClawHub and GitHub, distributed to OpenClaw users and downloaded thousands of times. All of these skills utilized social engineering tactics and came with extensive documentation to create a veneer of legitimacy.

Unfortunately, the reality was much grimmer. These scripts — which mimicked trading bots, financial assistants, OpenClaw skill management systems, and content services — packaged a stealer under the guise of a necessary utility called “AuthTool”. Once installed, the malware would exfiltrate files, crypto-wallet browser extensions, seed phrases, macOS Keychain data, browser passwords, cloud service credentials, and much more.

To get the stealer onto the system, attackers used the ClickFix technique, where victims essentially infect themselves by following an “installation guide” and manually running the malicious software.

…And 512 other vulnerabilities

A security audit conducted in late January 2026 — back when OpenClaw was still known as Clawdbot — identified a full 512 vulnerabilities, eight of which were classified as critical.

Can you use OpenClaw safely?

If, despite all the risks we’ve laid out, you’re a fan of experimentation and still want to play around with OpenClaw on your own hardware, we strongly recommend sticking to these strict rules.

• Use either a dedicated spare computer or a VPS for your experiments. Don’t install OpenClaw on your primary home computer or laptop, let alone think about putting it on a work machine.
• Read through all the OpenClaw documentation
• When choosing an LLM, go with Claude Opus 4.5, as it’s currently the best at spotting prompt injections.
• Practice an “allowlist only” approach for open ports, and isolate the device running OpenClaw at the network level.
• Set up burner accounts for any messaging apps you connect to OpenClaw.
• Regularly audit OpenClaw’s security status by running: security audit --deep.

Is it worth the hassle?

Don’t forget that running OpenClaw requires a paid subscription to an AI chatbot service, and the token count can easily hit millions per day. Users are already complaining that the model devours enormous amounts of resources, leading many to question the point of this kind of automation. For context, journalist Federico Viticci burned through 180 million tokens during his OpenClaw experiments, and so far, the costs are nowhere near the actual utility of the completed tasks.

For now, setting up OpenClaw is mostly a playground for tech geeks and highly tech-savvy users. But even with a “secure” configuration, you have to keep in mind that the agent sends every request and all processed data to whichever LLM you chose during setup. We’ve already covered the dangers of LLM data leaks in detail before.

Eventually — though likely not anytime soon — we’ll see an interesting, truly secure version of this service. For now, however, handing your data over to OpenClaw, and especially letting it manage your life, is at best unsafe, and at worst utterly reckless.

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• AI sidebar spoofing: a new attack on AI browsers

To implement effective cybersecurity programs and keep the security team deeply integrated into all business processes, the CISO needs to regularly demonstrate the value of this work to senior management. This requires speaking the language of business, but a dangerous trap awaits those who try.  Security professionals and executives often use the same words, but for entirely different things. Sometimes, a number of similar terms are used interchangeably. As a result, top management may not understand which threats the security team is trying to mitigate, what the company’s actual level of cyber-resilience is, or where budget and resources are being allocated. Therefore, before presenting sleek dashboards or calculating the ROI of security programs, it’s worth subtly clarifying these important terminological nuances.

By clarifying these terms and building a shared vocabulary, the CISO and the Board can significantly improve communication and, ultimately, strengthen the organization’s overall security posture.

Why cybersecurity vocabulary matters for management

Varying interpretations of terms are more than just an inconvenience; the consequences can be quite substantial. A lack of clarity regarding details can lead to:

• Misallocated investments. Management might approve the purchase of a zero trust solution without realizing it’s only one piece of a long-term, comprehensive program with a significantly larger budget. The money is spent, yet the results management expected are never achieved. Similarly, with regard to cloud migration, management may assume that moving to the cloud automatically transfers all security responsibility to the provider, and subsequently reject the cloud security budget.
• Blind acceptance of risk. Business unit leaders may accept cybersecurity risks without having a full understanding of the potential impact.
• Lack of governance. Without understanding the terminology, management can’t ask the right — tough — questions, or assign areas of responsibility effectively. When an incident occurs, it often turns out that business owners believed security was entirely within the CISO’s domain, while the CISO lacked the authority to influence business processes.

Cyber-risk vs. IT risk

Many executives believe that cybersecurity is a purely technical issue they can hand off to IT. Even though the importance of cybersecurity to business is indisputable, and cyber-incidents have long ranked as a top business risk, surveys show that many organizations still fail to engage non-technical leaders in cybersecurity discussions.

Information security risks are often lumped in with IT concerns like uptime and service availability.  In reality, cyberrisk is a strategic business risk linked to business continuity, financial loss, and reputational damage.

IT risks are generally operational in nature, affecting efficiency, reliability, and cost management. Responding to IT incidents is often handled entirely by IT staff. Major cybersecurity incidents, however, have a much broader scope; they require the engagement of nearly every department, and have a long-term impact on the organization in many ways — including as regards reputation, regulatory compliance, customer relationships, and overall financial health.

Compliance vs. security

Cybersecurity is integrated into regulatory requirements at every level — from international directives like NIS2 and GDPR, to cross-border industry guidelines like PCI DSS, plus specific departmental mandates. As a result, company management often views cybersecurity measures as compliance checkboxes, believing that once regulatory requirements are met, cybersecurity issues can be considered resolved. This mindset can stem from a conscious effort to minimize security spending (“we’re not doing more than what we’re required to”) or from a sincere misunderstanding (“we’ve passed an ISO 27001 audit, so we’re unhackable”).

In reality, compliance is meeting the minimum requirements of auditors and government regulators at a specific point in time. Unfortunately, the history of large-scale cyberattacks on major organizations proves that “minimum” requirements have that name for a reason. For real protection against modern cyberthreats, companies must continuously improve their security strategies and measures according to the specific needs of the given industry.

Threat, vulnerability, and risk

These three terms are often used synonymously, which leads to erroneous conclusions made by management: “There’s a critical vulnerability on our server? That means we have a critical risk!” To avoid panic or, conversely, inaction, it’s vital to use these terms precisely and understand how they relate to one another.

A vulnerability is a weakness — an “open door”. This could be a flaw in software code, a misconfigured server, an unlocked server room, or an employee who opens every email attachment.

A threat is a potential cause of an incident. This could be a malicious actor, malware, or even a natural disaster. A threat is what might “walk through that open door”.

Risk is the potential loss. It’s the cumulative assessment of the likelihood of a successful attack, and what the organization stands to lose as a result (the impact).

The connections among these elements are best explained with a simple formula:

Risk = (Threat × Vulnerability) × Impact

This can be illustrated as follows. Imagine a critical vulnerability with a maximum severity rating is discovered in an outdated system. However, this system is disconnected from all networks, sits in an isolated room, and is handled by only three vetted employees. The probability of an attacker reaching it is near zero. Meanwhile, the lack of two-factor authentication in the accounting systems creates a real, high risk, resulting from both a high probability of attack and significant potential damage.

Incident response, disaster recovery, and business continuity

Management’s perception of security crises is often oversimplified: “If we get hit by ransomware, we’ll just activate the IT Disaster Recovery plan and restore from backups”. However, conflating these concepts — and processes — is extremely dangerous.

Incident Response (IR) is the responsibility of the security team or specialist contractors. Their job is to localize the threat, kick the attacker out of the network, and stop the attack from spreading.

Disaster Recovery (DR) is an IT engineering task. It’s the process of restoring servers and data from backups after the incident response has been completed.

Business Continuity (BC) is a strategic task for top management. It’s the plan for how the company continues to serve customers, ship goods, pay compensation, and talk to the press while its primary systems are still offline.

If management focuses solely on recovery, the company will lack an action plan for the most critical period of downtime.

Security awareness vs. security culture

Leaders at all levels sometimes assume that simply conducting security training guarantees results: “The employees have passed their annual test, so now they won’t click on a phishing link”. Unfortunately, relying solely on training organized by HR and IT won’t cut it. Effectiveness requires changing the team’s behavior, which is impossible without the engagement of business management.

Awareness is knowledge. An employee knows what phishing is and understands the importance of complex passwords.

Security culture refers to behavioral patterns. It’s what an employee does in a stressful situation or when no one’s watching. Culture isn’t shaped by tests, but by an environment where it’s safe to report mistakes and where it’s customary to identify and prevent potentially dangerous situations. If an employee fears punishment, they’ll hide an incident. In a healthy culture, they’ll report a suspicious email to the SOC, or nudge a colleague who forgets to lock their computer, thereby becoming an active link in the defense chain.

Detection vs. prevention

Business leaders often think in outdated “fortress wall” categories: “We bought expensive protection systems, so there should be no way to hack us. If an incident occurs, it means the CISO failed”. In practice, preventing 100% of attacks is technically impossible and economically prohibitive. Modern strategy is built on a balance between cybersecurity and business effectiveness. In a balanced system, components focused on threat detection and prevention work in tandem.

Prevention deflects automated, mass attacks.

Detection and Response help identify and neutralize more professional, targeted attacks that manage to bypass prevention tools or exploit vulnerabilities.

The key objective of the cybersecurity team today isn’t to guarantee total invulnerability, but to detect an attack at an early stage and minimize the impact on the business. To measure success here, the industry typically uses metrics like Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) and Mean Time to Respond (MTTR).

Zero-trust philosophy vs. zero-trust products

The zero trust concept — which implies “never trust, always verify” for all components of IT infrastructure — has long been recognized as relevant and effective in corporate security. It requires constant verification of identity (user accounts, devices, and services) and context for every access request based on the assumption that the network has already been compromised.

However, the presence of “zero trust” in the name of a security solution doesn’t mean an organization can adopt this approach overnight simply by purchasing the product.
Zero trust isn’t a product you can “turn on”; it’s an architectural strategy and a long-term transformation journey. Implementing zero trust requires restructuring access processes and refining IT systems to ensure continuous verification of identity and devices. Buying software without changing processes won’t have a significant effect.

Security of the cloud vs. security in the cloud

When migrating IT services to cloud infrastructure like AWS or Azure, there’s often an illusion of a total risk transfer: “We pay the provider, so security is now their headache”. This is a dangerous misconception, and a misinterpretation of what is known as the Shared Responsibility Model.

Security of the cloud is the provider’s responsibility. It protects the data centers, the physical servers, and the cabling.

Security in the cloud is the client’s responsibility.

Discussions regarding budgets for cloud projects and their security aspects should be accompanied by real life examples. The provider protects the database from unauthorized access according to the settings configured by the client’s employees. If employees leave a database open or use weak passwords, and if two-factor authentication isn’t enabled for the administrator panel, the provider can’t prevent unauthorized individuals from downloading the information — an all-too-common news story. Therefore, the budget for these projects must account for cloud security tools and configuration management on the company side.

Vulnerability scanning vs. penetration testing

Leaders often confuse automated checks, which fall under cyber-hygiene, with assessing IT assets for resilience against sophisticated attacks: “Why pay hackers for a pentest when we run the scanner every week?”

Vulnerability scanning checks a specific list of IT assets for known vulnerabilities. To put it simply, it’s like a security guard doing the rounds to check that the office windows and doors are locked.

Penetration testing (pentesting) is a manual assessment to evaluate the possibility of a real-world breach by exploiting vulnerabilities. To continue the analogy, it’s like hiring an expert burglar to actually try and break into the office.

One doesn’t replace the other; to understand its true security posture, a business needs both tools.

Managed assets vs. attack surface

A common and dangerous misconception concerns the scope of protection and the overall visibility held by IT and Security. A common refrain at meetings is, “We have an accurate inventory list of our hardware. We’re protecting everything we own”.

Managed IT assets are things the IT department has purchased, configured, and can see in their reports.

An attack surface is anything accessible to attackers: any potential entry point into the company. This includes Shadow IT (cloud services, personal messaging apps, test servers…), which is basically anything employees launch themselves in circumvention of official protocols to speed up or simplify their work. Often, it’s these “invisible” assets that become the entry point for an attack, as the security team can’t protect what it doesn’t know exists.

A convincing lookalike of the popular 7-Zip archiver site has been serving a trojanized installer that silently converts victims’ machines into residential proxy nodes—and it has been hiding in plain sight for some time.

“I’m so sick to my stomach”

A PC builder recently turned to Reddit’s r/pcmasterrace community in a panic after realizing they had downloaded 7‑Zip from the wrong website. Following a YouTube tutorial for a new build, they were instructed to download 7‑Zip from 7zip[.]com, unaware that the legitimate project is hosted exclusively at 7-zip.org.

In their Reddit post, the user described installing the file first on a laptop and later transferring it via USB to a newly built desktop. They encountered repeated 32‑bit versus 64‑bit errors and ultimately abandoned the installer in favor of Windows’ built‑in extraction tools. Nearly two weeks later, Microsoft Defender alerted on the system with a generic detection: Trojan:Win32/Malgent!MSR.

The experience illustrates how a seemingly minor domain mix-up can result in long-lived, unauthorized use of a system when attackers successfully masquerade as trusted software distributors.

A trojanized installer masquerading as legitimate software

This is not a simple case of a malicious download hosted on a random site. The operators behind 7zip[.]com distributed a trojanized installer via a lookalike domain, delivering a functional copy of functional 7‑Zip File Manager alongside a concealed malware payload.

The installer is Authenticode‑signed using a now‑revoked certificate issued to Jozeal Network Technology Co., Limited, lending it superficial legitimacy. During installation, a modified build of 7zfm.exe is deployed and functions as expected, reducing user suspicion. In parallel, three additional components are silently dropped:

• Uphero.exe—a service manager and update loader
• hero.exe—the primary proxy payload (Go‑compiled)
• hero.dll—a supporting library

All components are written to C:\Windows\SysWOW64\hero\, a privileged directory that is unlikely to be manually inspected.

An independent update channel was also observed at update.7zip[.]com/version/win-service/1.0.0.2/Uphero.exe.zip, indicating that the malware payload can be updated independently of the installer itself.

Abuse of trusted distribution channels

One of the more concerning aspects of this campaign is its reliance on third‑party trust. The Reddit case highlights YouTube tutorials as an inadvertent malware distribution vector, where creators incorrectly reference 7zip.com instead of the legitimate domain.

This shows how attackers can exploit small errors in otherwise benign content ecosystems to funnel victims toward malicious infrastructure at scale.

Execution flow: from installer to persistent proxy service

Behavioral analysis shows a rapid and methodical infection chain:

1. File deployment—The payload is installed into SysWOW64, requiring elevated privileges and signaling intent for deep system integration.

2. Persistence via Windows services—Both Uphero.exe and hero.exe are registered as auto‑start Windows services running under System privileges, ensuring execution on every boot.

3. Firewall rule manipulation—The malware invokes netsh to remove existing rules and create new inbound and outbound allow rules for its binaries. This is intended to reduce interference with network traffic and support seamless payload updates.

4. Host profiling—Using WMI and native Windows APIs, the malware enumerates system characteristics including hardware identifiers, memory size, CPU count, disk attributes, and network configuration. The malware communicates with iplogger[.]org via a dedicated reporting endpoint, suggesting it collects and reports device or network metadata as part of its proxy infrastructure.

Functional goal: residential proxy monetization

While initial indicators suggested backdoor‑style capabilities, further analysis revealed that the malware’s primary function is proxyware. The infected host is enrolled as a residential proxy node, allowing third parties to route traffic through the victim’s IP address.

The hero.exe component retrieves configuration data from rotating “smshero”‑themed command‑and‑control domains, then establishes outbound proxy connections on non‑standard ports such as 1000 and 1002. Traffic analysis shows a lightweight XOR‑encoded protocol (key 0x70) used to obscure control messages.

This infrastructure is consistent with known residential proxy services, where access to real consumer IP addresses is sold for fraud, scraping, ad abuse, or anonymity laundering.

Shared tooling across multiple fake installers

The 7‑Zip impersonation appears to be part of a broader operation. Related binaries have been identified under names such as upHola.exe, upTiktok, upWhatsapp, and upWire, all sharing identical tactics, techniques, and procedures:

• Deployment to SysWOW64
• Windows service persistence
• Firewall rule manipulation via netsh
• Encrypted HTTPS C2 traffic

Embedded strings referencing VPN and proxy brands suggest a unified backend supporting multiple distribution fronts.

Rotating infrastructure and encrypted transport

Memory analysis uncovered a large pool of hardcoded command-and-control domains using hero and smshero naming conventions. Active resolution during sandbox execution showed traffic routed through Cloudflare infrastructure with TLS‑encrypted HTTPS sessions.

The malware also uses DNS-over-HTTPS via Google’s resolver, reducing visibility for traditional DNS monitoring and complicating network-based detection.

Evasion and anti‑analysis features

The malware incorporates multiple layers of sandbox and analysis evasion:

• Virtual machine detection targeting VMware, VirtualBox, QEMU, and Parallels
• Anti‑debugging checks and suspicious debugger DLL loading
• Runtime API resolution and PEB inspection
• Process enumeration, registry probing, and environment inspection

Cryptographic support is extensive, including AES, RC4, Camellia, Chaskey, XOR encoding, and Base64, suggesting encrypted configuration handling and traffic protection.

Defensive guidance

Any system that has executed installers from 7zip.com should be considered compromised. While this malware establishes SYSTEM‑level persistence and modifies firewall rules, reputable security software can effectively detect and remove the malicious components. Malwarebytes is capable of fully eradicating known variants of this threat and reversing its persistence mechanisms. In high‑risk or heavily used systems, some users may still choose a full OS reinstall for absolute assurance, but it is not strictly required in all cases.

Users and defenders should:

• Verify software sources and bookmark official project domains
• Treat unexpected code‑signing identities with skepticism
• Monitor for unauthorized Windows services and firewall rule changes
• Block known C2 domains and proxy endpoints at the network perimeter

Researcher attribution and community analysis

This investigation would not have been possible without the work of independent security researchers who went deeper than surface-level indicators and identified the true purpose of this malware family.

• Luke Acha provided the first comprehensive analysis showing that the Uphero/hero malware functions as residential proxyware rather than a traditional backdoor. His work documented the proxy protocol, traffic patterns, and monetization model, and connected this campaign to a broader operation he dubbed upStage Proxy. Luke’s full write-up is available on his blog.
• s1dhy expanded on this analysis by reversing and decoding the custom XOR-based communication protocol, validating the proxy behavior through packet captures, and correlating multiple proxy endpoints across victim geolocations. Technical notes and findings were shared publicly on X (Twitter).
• Andrew Danis contributed additional infrastructure analysis and clustering, helping tie the fake 7-Zip installer to related proxyware campaigns abusing other software brands.

Additional technical validation and dynamic analysis were published by researchers at RaichuLab on Qiita and WizSafe Security on IIJ.

Their collective work highlights the importance of open, community-driven research in uncovering long-running abuse campaigns that rely on trust and misdirection rather than exploits.

Closing thoughts

This campaign demonstrates how effective brand impersonation combined with technically competent malware can operate undetected for extended periods. By abusing user trust rather than exploiting software vulnerabilities, attackers bypass many traditional security assumptions—turning everyday utility downloads into long‑lived monetization infrastructure.

Malwarebytes detects and blocks known variants of this proxyware family and its associated infrastructure.

Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)

File paths

• C:\Windows\SysWOW64\hero\Uphero.exe
• C:\Windows\SysWOW64\hero\hero.exe
• C:\Windows\SysWOW64\hero\hero.dll

File hashes (SHA-256)

• e7291095de78484039fdc82106d191bf41b7469811c4e31b4228227911d25027 (Uphero.exe)
• b7a7013b951c3cea178ece3363e3dd06626b9b98ee27ebfd7c161d0bbcfbd894 (hero.exe)
• 3544ffefb2a38bf4faf6181aa4374f4c186d3c2a7b9b059244b65dce8d5688d9 (hero.dll)

Network indicators

Domains:

• soc.hero-sms[.]co
• neo.herosms[.]co
• flux.smshero[.]co
• nova.smshero[.]ai
• apex.herosms[.]ai
• spark.herosms[.]io
• zest.hero-sms[.]ai
• prime.herosms[.]vip
• vivid.smshero[.]vip
• mint.smshero[.]com
• pulse.herosms[.]cc
• glide.smshero[.]cc
• svc.ha-teams.office[.]com
• iplogger[.]org

Observed IPs (Cloudflare-fronted):

• 104.21.57.71
• 172.67.160.241

Host-based indicators

• Windows services with image paths pointing to C:\Windows\SysWOW64\hero\
• Firewall rules named Uphero or hero (inbound and outbound)
• Mutex: Global\3a886eb8-fe40-4d0a-b78b-9e0bcb683fb7

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The Microsoft Defender Research Team observed a multi‑stage intrusion where threat actors exploited internet‑exposed SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD) instances to get an initial foothold and then laterally moved towards other high-value assets within the organization. However, we have not yet confirmed whether the attacks are related to the most recent set of WHD vulnerabilities disclosed on January 28, 2026, such as CVE-2025-40551 and CVE-2025-40536 or stem from previously disclosed vulnerabilities like CVE-2025-26399. Since the attacks occurred in December 2025 and on machines vulnerable to both the old and new set of CVEs at the same time, we cannot reliably confirm the exact CVE used to gain an initial foothold.

This activity reflects a common but high-impact pattern: a single exposed application can provide a path to full domain compromise when vulnerabilities are unpatched or insufficiently monitored. In this intrusion, attackers relied heavily on living-off-the-land techniques, legitimate administrative tools, and low-noise persistence mechanisms. These tradecraft choices reinforce the importance of Defense in Depth, timely patching of internet-facing services, and behavior-based detection across identity, endpoint, and network layers.

In this post, the Microsoft Defender Research Team shares initial observations from the investigation, along with detection and hunting guidance and security posture hardening recommendations to help organizations reduce exposure to this threat. Analysis is ongoing, and this post will be updated as additional details become available.

Technical details

The Microsoft Defender Research Team identified active, in-the-wild exploitation of exposed SolarWinds Web Help Desk (WHD). Further investigations are in-progress to confirm the actual vulnerabilities exploited, such as CVE-2025-40551 (critical untrusted data deserialization) and CVE-2025-40536 (security control bypass) and CVE-2025-26399. Successful exploitation allowed the attackers to achieve unauthenticated remote code execution on internet-facing deployments, allowing an external attacker to execute arbitrary commands within the WHD application context.

Upon successful exploitation, the compromised service of a WHD instance spawned PowerShell to leverage BITS for payload download and execution:

On several hosts, the downloaded binary installed components of the Zoho ManageEngine, a legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) solution, providing the attacker with interactive control over the compromised system. The attackers then enumerated sensitive domain users and groups, including Domain Admins. For persistence, the attackers established reverse SSH and RDP access. In some environments, Microsoft Defender also observed and raised alerts flagging attacker behavior on creating a scheduled task to launch a QEMU virtual machine under the SYSTEM account at startup, effectively hiding malicious activity within a virtualized environment while exposing SSH access via port forwarding.

SCHTASKS /CREATE /V1 /RU SYSTEM /SC ONSTART /F /TN "TPMProfiler" /TR 		"C:\Users\\tmp\qemu-system-x86_64.exe -m 1G -smp 1 -hda vault.db -		device e1000,netdev=net0 -netdev user,id=net0,hostfwd=tcp::22022-:22"

On some hosts, threat actors used DLL sideloading by abusing wab.exe to load a malicious sspicli.dll. The approach enables access to LSASS memory and credential theft, which can reduce detections that focus on well‑known dumping tools or direct‑handle patterns. In at least one case, activity escalated to DCSync from the original access host, indicating use of high‑privilege credentials to request password data from a domain controller. In ne next figure we highlight the attack path.

Mitigation and protection guidance

• Patch and restrict exposure now. Update WHD CVE-2025-40551, CVE-2025-40536 and CVE-2025-26399, remove public access to admin paths, and increase logging on Ajax Proxy.
• Evict unauthorized RMM. Find and remove ManageEngine RMM artifacts (for example, ToolsIQ.exe) added after exploitation.
• Reset and isolate. Rotate credentials (start with service and admin accounts reachable from WHD), and isolate compromised hosts.

Microsoft Defender XDR detections 

Microsoft Defender provides pre-breach and post-breach coverage for this campaign. Customers can rapidly identify vulnerable but unpatched WHD instances at risk using MDVM capabilities for the CVE referenced above and review the generic and specific alerts suggested below providing coverage of attacks across devices and identity.

Microsoft Defender XDR Hunting queries   

Security teams can use the advanced hunting capabilities in Microsoft Defender XDR to proactively look for indicators of exploitation.

The following Kusto Query Language (KQL) query can be used to identify devices that are using the vulnerable software:

1) Find potential post-exploitation execution of suspicious commands

DeviceProcessEvents 
| where InitiatingProcessParentFileName endswith "wrapper.exe" 
| where InitiatingProcessFolderPath has \\WebHelpDesk\\bin\\ 
| where InitiatingProcessFileName  in~ ("java.exe", "javaw.exe") or InitiatingProcessFileName contains "tomcat" 
| where FileName  !in ("java.exe", "pg_dump.exe", "reg.exe", "conhost.exe", "WerFault.exe") 
 
 
let command_list = pack_array("whoami", "net user", "net group", "nslookup", "certutil", "echo", "curl", "quser", "hostname", "iwr", "irm", "iex", "Invoke-Expression", "Invoke-RestMethod", "Invoke-WebRequest", "tasklist", "systeminfo", "nltest", "base64", "-Enc", "bitsadmin", "expand", "sc.exe", "netsh", "arp ", "adexplorer", "wmic", "netstat", "-EncodedCommand", "Start-Process", "wget"); 
let ImpactedDevices =  
DeviceProcessEvents 
| where isnotempty(DeviceId) 
| where InitiatingProcessFolderPath has "\\WebHelpDesk\\bin\\" 
| where ProcessCommandLine has_any (command_list) 
| distinct DeviceId; 
DeviceProcessEvents 
| where DeviceId in (ImpactedDevices | distinct DeviceId) 
| where InitiatingProcessParentFileName has "ToolsIQ.exe" 
| where FileName != "conhost.exe"

2) Find potential ntds.dit theft

DeviceProcessEvents
| where FileName =~ "print.exe"
| where ProcessCommandLine has_all ("print", "/D:", @"\windows\ntds\ntds.dit")

3) Identify vulnerable SolarWinds WHD Servers

 DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities 
| where CveId has_any ('CVE-2025-40551', 'CVE-2025-40536', 'CVE-2025-26399')

References

• CVE-2025-40551: SolarWinds Web Help Desk RCE | Horizon3.ai
• NVD – CVE-2025-40551
• SolarWinds Trust Center Security Advisories | CVE-2025-40551
• NVD – CVE-2025-40536
• SolarWinds Trust Center Security Advisories | CVE-2025-40536
• NVD – CVE-2025-26399SolarWinds Trust Center Security Advisories | CVE-2025-26399
• WHD 2026.1 release notes
• Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA

This research is provided by Microsoft Defender Security Research with contributions from Sagar Patil, Hardik Suri, Eric Hopper, and Kajhon Soyini.

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We introduce a novel method that maps cloud alert trends to MITRE ATT&CK techniques. The patterns created could identify threat actors by behavior.

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It started with an email that looked boringly familiar: Apple logo, a clean layout, and a subject line designed to make the target’s stomach drop.

The message claimed Apple has stopped a high‑value Apple Pay charge at an Apple Store, complete with a case ID, timestamp, and a warning that the account could be at risk if the target doesn’t respond.​

In some cases, there was even an “appointment” booked on their behalf to “review fraudulent activity,” plus a phone number they should call immediately if the time didn’t work.​ Nothing in the email screams amateur. The display name appears to be Apple, the formatting closely matches real receipts, and the language hits all the right anxiety buttons.

This is how most users are lured in by a recent Apple Pay phishing campaign.

The call that feels like real support

The email warns recipients not to Apple Pay until they’ve spoken to “Apple Billing & Fraud Prevention,” and it provides a phone number to call.​

After dialing the number, an agent introduces himself as part of Apple’s fraud department and asks for details such as Apple ID verification codes or payment information.

The conversation is carefully scripted to establish trust. The agent explains that criminals attempted to use Apple Pay in a physical Apple Store and that the system “partially blocked” the transaction. To “fully secure” the account, he says, some details need to be verified.

The call starts with harmless‑sounding checks: your name, the last four digits of your phone number, what Apple devices you own, and so on.

Next comes a request to confirm the Apple ID email address. While the victim is looking it up, a real-looking Apple ID verification code arrives by text message.

The agent asks for this code, claiming it’s needed to confirm they’re speaking to the rightful account owner. In reality, the scammer is logging into the account in real time and using the code to bypass two-factor authentication.

Once the account is “confirmed,” the agent walks the victim through checking their bank and Apple Pay cards. They ask questions about bank accounts and suggest “temporarily securing” payment methods so criminals can’t exploit them while the “Apple team” investigates.

The entire support process is designed to steal login codes and payment data. At scale, campaigns like this work because Apple’s brand carries enormous trust, Apple Pay involves real money, and users have been trained to treat fraud alerts as urgent and to cooperate with “support” when they’re scared.

One example submitted to Malwarebytes Scam Guard showed an email claiming an Apple Gift Card purchase for $279.99 and urging the recipient to call a support number (1-812-955-6285).

Another user submitted a screenshot showing a fake “Invoice Receipt – Paid” styled to look like an Apple Store receipt for a 2025 MacBook Air 13-inch laptop with M4 chip priced at $1,157.07 and a phone number (1-805-476-8382) to call about this “unauthorized transaction.”

What you should know

Apple doesn’t set up fraud appointments through email. The company also doesn’t ask users to fix billing problems by calling numbers in unsolicited messages.

Closely inspect the sender’s address. In these cases, the email doesn’t come from an official Apple domain, even if the display name makes it seem legitimate.

Never share two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, SMS codes, or passwords with anyone, even if they claim to be from Apple.

Ignore unsolicited messages urging you to take immediate action. Always think and verify before you engage. Talk to someone you trust if you’re not sure.

Malwarebytes Scam Guard helped several users identify this type of scam. For those without a subscription, you can use Scam Guard in ChatGPT.

If you’ve already engaged with these Apple Pay scammers, it is important to:

• Change the Apple ID password immediately from Settings or appleid.apple.com, not from any link provided by email or SMS.
• Check active sessions, sign out of all devices, then sign back in only on devices you recognize and control.
• Rotate your Apple ID password again if you see any new login alerts, and confirm 2FA is still enabled. If not, turn it on.
• In Wallet, check every card for unfamiliar Apple Pay transactions and recent in-store or online charges. Monitor bank and credit card statements closely for the next few weeks and dispute any unknown transactions immediately.
• Check if the primary email account tied to your Apple ID is yours, since control of that email can be used to take over accounts.

We don’t just report on scams—we help detect them

Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline. If something looks dodgy to you, check if it’s a scam using Malwarebytes Scam Guard, a feature of our mobile protection products. Submit a screenshot, paste suspicious content, or share a text or phone number, and we’ll tell you if it’s a scam or legit. Download Malwarebytes Mobile Security for iOS or Android and try it today!

Outbound Email Security Matters for Deliverability and Routing. Especially for organizations that need to deliver a large set of emails, and frequently (Transactional Emails) regarding, for instance, transaction receipts and payment notifications.

In January 2026, Microsoft Defender Experts identified a new evolution in the ongoing ClickFix campaign. This updated tactic deliberately crashes victims’ browsers and then attempts to lure users into executing malicious commands under the pretext of restoring normal functionality.

This variant represents a notable escalation in ClickFix tradecraft, combining user disruption with social engineering to increase execution success while reducing reliance on traditional exploit techniques. The newly observed behavior has been designated CrashFix, reflecting a broader rise in browser‑based social engineering combined with living‑off‑the‑land binaries and Python‑based payload delivery. Threat actors are increasingly abusing trusted user actions and native OS utilities to bypass traditional defences, making behaviour‑based detection and user awareness critical.

Technical Overview

This attack typically begins when a victim searches for an ad blocker and encounters a malicious advertisement. This ad redirects users to the official Chrome Web Store, creating a false sense of legitimacy around a harmful browser extension. The extension impersonates the legitimate uBlock Origin Lite ad blocker to deceive users into installing it.

Sample Data:

File Origin Referrer URL: https://chromewebstore.google[.]com
FileOriginURL: https://clients2[.]googleusercontent[.]com/crx/blobs/AdNiCiWgWaD8B4kV4BOi-xHAdl_xFwiwSmP8QmSc6A6E1zgoIEADAFK6BjirJRdrSZzhbF76CD2kGkCiVsyp7dbwdjMX-0r9Oa823TLI9zd6DKnBwQJ3J_98pRk8vPDsYoHiAMZSmuXxBj8-Ca_j38phC9wy0r6JCZeZXw/CPCDKMJDDOCIKJDKBBEIAAFNPDBDAFMI_2025_1116_1842_0.crx?authuser=0 
FileName: cpcdkmjddocikjdkbbeiaafnpdbdafmi_42974.crx
Folderpath: C:\Users\PII\AppData\Local\Temp\scoped_dir20916_1128691746\cpcdkmjddocikjdkbbeiaafnpdbdafmi_42974.crx
SHA256: c46af9ae6ab0e7567573dbc950a8ffbe30ea848fac90cd15860045fe7640199c

UUID is transmitted to an attacker-controlled‑ typosquatted domain, www[.]nexsnield[.]com, where it is used to correlate installation, update, and uninstall activities.

To evade detection and prevent users from immediately associating the malicious browser extension with subsequent harmful behavior, the payload employs a delayed execution technique. Once activated, the payload causes browser issues only after a period, making it difficult for victims to connect the disruptions to the previously installed malicious extension.

The core malicious functionality performs a denial-of‑service attack against the victim’s browser by creating an infinite loop. Eventually, it presents a fake CrashFix security warning through a pop‑up window to further mislead the user.

A notable new tactic in this ClickFix variant is the misuse of the legitimate native Windows utility finger.exe, which is originally intended to retrieve user information from remote systems. The threat actors are seen abusing this tool by executing the following malicious command through the Windows dialog box.

The native Windows utility finger.exe is copied into the temporary directory and subsequently renamed to ct.exe (SHA‑256: beb0229043741a7c7bfbb4f39d00f583e37ea378d11ed3302d0a2bc30f267006). This renaming is intended to obscure its identity and hinder detection during analysis.

The renamed ct.exe establishes a network connection to the attacker controlled‑ IP address 69[.]67[.]173[.]30, from which it retrieves a large charcode payload containing obfuscated PowerShell. Upon execution, the obfuscated script downloads an additional PowerShell payload, script.ps1 (SHA‑256:
c76c0146407069fd4c271d6e1e03448c481f0970ddbe7042b31f552e37b55817), from the attacker’s server at 69[.]67[.]173[.]30/b. The downloaded file is then saved to the victim’s AppData\Roaming directory, enabling further execution.

The downloaded PowerShell payload, script.ps1, contains several layers of obfuscation. Upon de-obfuscation, the following behaviors were identified:

• The script enumerates running processes and checks for the presence of multiple analysis or debugging tools such as Wireshark, Process Hacker, WinDbg, and others.
• It determines whether the machine is domain-joined, as‑ part of an environment or privilege assessment.
• It sends a POST request to the attacker controlled‑ endpoint 69[.]67[.]173[.]30, presumably to exfiltrate system information or retrieve further instructions.

Because the affected host was domain-joined, the script proceeded to download a backdoor onto the device. This behavior suggests that the threat actor selectively deploys additional payloads when higher‑ value targets—such as enterprise‑ joined‑ systems are identified.

The component WPy64‑31401 is a WinPython package—a portable Python distribution that requires no installation. In this campaign, the attacker bundles a complete Python environment as part of the payload to ensure reliable execution across compromised systems.

The core malicious logic resides in the modes.py file, which functions as a Remote Access Trojan (RAT). This script leverages pythonw.exe to execute the malicious Python payload covertly, avoiding visible console windows and reducing user suspicion.

The RAT, identified as ModeloRAT here, communicates with the attacker’s command‑and‑control (C2) servers by sending periodic beacon requests using the following format:

http://{C2_IPAddress}:80/beacon/{client_id}

Further establishing persistence by creating a Run registry entry. It modifies the python script’s execution path to utilize pythonw.exe and writes the persistence key under:

HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
This ensures that the malicious Python payload is executed automatically each time the user logs in, allowing the attacker to maintain ongoing access to the compromised system.

The ModeloRAT subsequently downloaded an additional payload from a Dropbox URL, which delivered a Python script named extentions.py. This script was executed using python.exe

The ModeloRAT initiated extensive reconnaissance activity upon execution. It leveraged a series of native Windows commands—such as nltest, whoami, and net use—to enumerate detailed domain, user, and network information.

Additionally, in post-compromise infection chains, Microsoft identified an encoded PowerShell command that downloads a ZIP archive from the IP address 144.31.221[.]197. The ZIP archive contains a Python-based payload (udp.pyw) along with a renamed Python interpreter (run.exe), and establishes persistence by creating a scheduled task named “SoftwareProtection,” designed to blend in as legitimate software protection service, and which repeatedly executes the malicious Python payload every 5 minutes.

Mitigation and protection guidance

• Turn on cloud-delivered protection in Microsoft Defender Antivirus or the equivalent for your antivirus product to cover rapidly evolving attacker tools and techniques. Cloud-based machine learning protections block a majority of new and unknown variants. 
• Run endpoint detection and response (EDR) in block mode so that Microsoft Defender for Endpoint can block malicious artifacts, even when your non-Microsoft antivirus does not detect the threat or when Microsoft Defender Antivirus is running in passive mode. EDR in block mode works behind the scenes to help remediate malicious artifacts that are detected post-breach. 
• As a best practice, organizations may apply network egress filtering and restrict outbound access to protocols, ports, and services that are not operationally required. Disabling or limiting network activity initiated by legacy or rarely used utilities, such as the finger utility (TCP port 79), can help reduce the surface attack and limit opportunities for adversaries to misuse built-in system tools.
• Enable network protection in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. 
• Turn on web protection in Microsoft Defender for Endpoint. 
• Encourage users to use Microsoft Edge and other web browsers that support SmartScreen, which identifies and blocks malicious websites, including phishing sites, scam sites, and sites that contain exploits and host malware. 
• Enforce MFA on all accounts, remove users excluded from MFA, and strictly require MFA from all devices, in all locations, at all times. 
• Remind employees that enterprise or workplace credentials should not be stored in browsers or password vaults secured with personal credentials. Organizations can turn off password syncing in browser on managed devices using Group Policy. 
• Turn on the following attack surface reduction rules to block or audit activity associated with this threat: 
  • Block executable files from running unless they meet a prevalence, age, or trusted list criterion 
  • You can assess how an attack surface reduction rule might impact your network by opening the security recommendation for that rule in Vulnerability management. In the Recommendation details pane, check the user impact to determine what percentage of your devices can accept a new policy enabling the rule in blocking mode without adverse impact to user productivity.

Microsoft Defender XDR detections   

Microsoft Defender XDR customers can refer to the list of applicable detections below. Microsoft Defender XDR coordinates detection, prevention, investigation, and response across endpoints, identities, email, and apps to provide integrated protection against attacks like the threat discussed in this blog.

Customers with provisioned access can also use Microsoft Security Copilot in Microsoft Defender to investigate and respond to incidents, hunt for threats, and protect their organization with relevant threat intelligence.

Threat intelligence reports

Microsoft customers can use the following reports in Microsoft products to get the most up-to-date information about the threat actor, malicious activity, and techniques discussed in this blog. These reports provide intelligence, protection information, and recommended actions to prevent, mitigate, or respond to associated threats found in customer environments.

Microsoft Defender XDR

Hunting queries 

Microsoft Defender XDR customers can run the following queries to find related activity in their environment:

Use the below query to identify the presence of Malicious chrome Extension

DeviceFileEvents
| where FileName has "cpcdkmjddocikjdkbbeiaafnpdbdafmi"

Identify the malicious to identify Network connection related to Chrome Extension

DeviceNetworkEvents
| where RemoteUrl has_all ("nexsnield.com")

Use the below query to identify the abuse of LOLBIN Finger.exe

DeviceProcessEvents
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has_all ("cmd.exe","start","finger.exe","ct.exe") or ProcessCommandLine has_all ("cmd.exe","start","finger.exe","ct.exe")
| project-reorder Timestamp,DeviceId,InitiatingProcessCommandLine,ProcessCommandLine,InitiatingProcessParentFileName

Use the below query to Identify the network connection to malicious IP address

DeviceNetworkEvents
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has_all ("ct.exe","confirm")
| distinct RemoteIP
| join kind=inner DeviceNetworkEvents on RemoteIP
)
| project Timestamp, DeviceId, DeviceName, RemoteIP, RemoteUrl, InitiatingProcessCommandLine, InitiatingProcessParentFileName

Use the below query to identify the network connection to Beacon IP address

DeviceNetworkEvents
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has_all ("pythonw.exe","modes.py")
| where RemoteIP !in ("", "127.0.0.1")
| project-reorder Timestamp, DeviceName,DeviceId,TenantId,OrgId,RemoteUrl,InitiatingProcessCommandLine,InitiatingProcessParentFileName

Use the below query to identify the Registry RUN persistence

DeviceRegistryEvents
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has_all ("pythonw.exe","modes.py")

Use the below query to identify the scheduled task persistence

DeviceEvents
| where ActionType == "ScheduledTaskCreated"
| where InitiatingProcessCommandLine has_all ("run.exe", "udp.pyw")

Indicators of compromise

Microsoft Sentinel

Microsoft Sentinel customers can use the TI Mapping analytics (a series of analytics all prefixed with ‘TI maps) to automatically match the malicious domain indicators mentioned in this blog post with data in their workspace. If the TI Map analytics are not currently deployed, customers can install the Threat Intelligence solution from the Microsoft Sentinel Content Hub to have the analytics rule deployed in their Sentinel workspace.

References

• https://www.huntress.com/blog/malicious-browser-extention-crashfix-kongtuke

This research is provided by Microsoft Defender Security Research with contributions from Sai Chakri Kandalai and Kaustubh Mangalwedhekar.

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