Malware Network Infrastructure Indicators

Release Date: 9th July 2026

Impact : HIGH / CRITICAL

TLP Rating: Clear

The Department of Communication and Digital Transformation (DCDT) through CERT Vanuatu (CERTVU), provides the following advisory.

This alert is relevant to Organizations and System/Network administrators that utilize the above products. This alert is intended to be understood by technical users and systems administrators.

What is it?

This is not a single software vulnerability advisory, but a malware C2/network infrastructure indicator package: 3,698 IP addresses actively associated with 19 distinct malware families over a 10-day observation window (22 June – 1 July 2026). These are network indicators of compromise (IOCs) — infrastructure known to be hosting command-and-control (C2), payload delivery, or data exfiltration for active malware campaigns. CERTVU shares for cyber defense (detection/blocking) purposes only.

What are the systems affected?

The malware families represented span multiple platforms and functions:

  • Windows infostealers/RATs
  • macOS-targeting
  • Combined backdoor/rootkit
  • Supply-chain/dev-tooling
  • Legacy backdoor/RAT

 

What does this mean?

How it's exploited:

Delivery and operating mechanisms vary by family but generally fall into these patterns:

  • Phishing-delivered droppers/loaders (Amadey, Hancitor, VenomRAT, SocGholish) — malicious attachments, disguised purchase orders, or fake software update prompts trigger initial infection.
  • Loader-to-payload chains (Bumblebee, Gootloader, Krampus, KOI Loader, PurpleFox) — an initial loader establishes a foothold, then pulls down infostealers, ransomware, or RATs from the flagged infrastructure.
  • Info-stealing over encrypted C2 (Redline, Raccoon, Vidar, StealC, Lumma, RisePro) — harvest browser credentials, cookies, crypto wallets, and system data, exfiltrating to the listed IPs.
  • RAT-based remote control (AsyncRAT, DCRat, SparkRAT, HabitsRAT, Sectop_RAT) — full remote command execution, keylogging, and screen capture over C2 channels at the flagged addresses.
  • macOS-specific theft (AMOS/Odyssey/MacSync/Cuckoo Stealer) — harvest local files, app data, and crypto wallets, often via trojanized utility apps.
  • Self-propagating supply-chain compromise (GlassWorm) — spreads through developer tools/extensions using obfuscation and blockchain-based C2 to resist takedown

Mitigation process?

CERTVU recommends the following:

  • Ingest IOCs into detection tooling — load the 3,698 IP addresses (by malware family, matching Elastic Fleet indices once your SIEM outage is resolved) into firewall/IDS/IPS blocklists and SIEM correlation rules, scoped to the observation window dates in the spreadsheet.
  • Retrospective log review — search historical DNS, proxy, and firewall logs (22 June–1 July) for any outbound connections to the listed IPs; treat any hit as a probable compromise requiring full incident response
  • Endpoint scanning — run updated AV/EDR signatures for the 19 named families across Windows and macOS estates, particularly Amadey and Purplefox given their volume in this feed.
  • Email/phishing controls — since several families rely on phishing (Agent Tesla, Hancitor, VenomRAT, SocGholish), reinforce attachment sandboxing and user awareness for disguised purchase orders/invoices and fake update prompts.

 

Reference

  1. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/06/24/stealc-and-amadey-breaking-down-infostealers-and-the-cybercrime-services-that-deliver-them/
  2. https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/22/c/purple-fox-uses-new-arrival-vector-and-improves-malware-arsenal.html