Activity timeline
Woodgnat appears in 5 tracked threats between and ; the busiest month was 2026-06 with 3 reports.
ATT&CK techniques observed
- T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)observed in 4 of 5 tracked threats
- T1036 Masquerading — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)observed in 3 of 5 tracked threats
- T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel — Exfiltrationobserved in 3 of 5 tracked threats
- T1053.005 Scheduled Task — Persistenceobserved in 3 of 5 tracked threats
- T1056.002 GUI Input Capture — Credential Accessobserved in 3 of 5 tracked threats
- T1059.001 PowerShell — Executionobserved in 3 of 5 tracked threats
- T1070.004 File Deletion — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)observed in 3 of 5 tracked threats
- T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)observed in 3 of 5 tracked threats
- T1204.004 Malicious Copy and Paste — Executionobserved in 3 of 5 tracked threats
- T1547.001 Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder — Persistenceobserved in 3 of 5 tracked threats
- T1566 Phishing — Initial Accessobserved in 3 of 5 tracked threats
- T1574.001 DLL — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)observed in 3 of 5 tracked threats
- T1018 Remote System Discovery — Discoveryobserved in 2 of 5 tracked threats
- T1021 Remote Services — Lateral Movementobserved in 2 of 5 tracked threats
- T1036.005 Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)observed in 2 of 5 tracked threats
Tracked threats
- Node.js Living-off-the-Land: Multiple Threat Actors Abuse Signed node.exe as a Script Interpreter, Feeding Ransomware Access BrokersHIGH
- Mistic Backdoor (MLTBackdoor) Impersonates Microsoft Endpoint Security via DLL Sideloading — Woodgnat/KongTuke Access BrokerHIGH
- Mistic Windows Backdoor - In-Memory Code Execution via DLL SideloadingCRITICAL
- Backdoor.Mistic (MLTBackdoor): New Stealth Backdoor Linked to Woodgnat Ransomware Access BrokerHIGH
- Backdoor.Mistic (MLTBackdoor) — In-Memory BOF-Capable Backdoor Deployed by Woodgnat/KongTuke IAB Alongside ModeloRATHIGH