CTI · corroborated · 2026-08-18

APT group HoneyMyte upgrades CoolClient: the backdoor gets a kernel-level Windows rootkit

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MITRE ATT&CK

• T1014 Rootkit Stealth
• T1055 Process Injection Stealth
• T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information Stealth
• T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information Stealth

Indicators

No curated indicators tied to this case.

Detections

No detection content yet — case analysis did not yield signal-specific telemetry. Check back after the next daily CTI pass.

References

• https://malware.news
• https://gbhackers.com
• https://cyberpress.org