Activity timeline
SNOWLIGHT appears in 2 tracked threats between and ; the busiest month was 2026-02 with 1 report.
ATT&CK techniques observed
- T1005 Data from Local System — Collectionobserved in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- T1036.005 Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)observed in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel — Exfiltrationobserved in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- T1059.004 Unix Shell — Executionobserved in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- T1071.001 Web Protocols — Command and Controlobserved in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- T1090.003 Multi-hop Proxy — Command and Controlobserved in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application — Initial Accessobserved in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- T1587.001 Malware — Resource Developmentobserved in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- T1620 Reflective Code Loading — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)observed in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery — Discoveryobserved in 1 of 2 tracked threats
- T1021.001 Remote Desktop Protocol — Lateral Movementobserved in 1 of 2 tracked threats
- T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)observed in 1 of 2 tracked threats
- T1027.013 Encrypted/Encoded File — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)observed in 1 of 2 tracked threats
- T1046 Network Service Discovery — Discoveryobserved in 1 of 2 tracked threats
- T1053.003 Cron — Persistenceobserved in 1 of 2 tracked threats
Tracked threats
- WP-SHELLSTORM: Exposed Chinese-Speaking Threat Actor Server Reveals Mass WordPress/Joomla Webshell Brokerage Targeting 1.4M Domains via CVE-2026-48907 (Joomla JCE) and CVE-2021-29441 (Nacos)HIGH
- Vshell C2 Framework — Chinese-Language Cobalt Strike Alternative in APT Campaigns (UNC5174/SNOWLIGHT, Operation DRAGONCLONE)HIGH