PULSE NAME
The Chrysalis Backdoor: A Deep Dive into Lotus Blossom's toolkit
WHITE LOTUS PANDA AlienVault 2026-02-03 Modified: 2026-03-05
41
IOCs
MEDIUM VOLUME
Rapid7 Labs has uncovered a sophisticated campaign attributed to the Chinese APT group Lotus Blossom, involving a new custom backdoor named Chrysalis. The attack compromised Notepad++ infrastructure to deliver the backdoor. Analysis revealed multiple custom loaders, including one using Microsoft Warbird for obfuscation. The Chrysalis backdoor has extensive capabilities for information gathering, file operations, and remote command execution. Additional artifacts found include Cobalt Strike beacons and Metasploit payloads. The campaign shows Lotus Blossom evolving its tactics, mixing custom and off-the-shelf tools with advanced obfuscation techniques to evade detection.
MITRE ATT&CK & Malware Families
MALWARE FAMILIES
Chrysalis Cobalt Strike - S0154 Metasploit
Indicators of Compromise (4 / 41 total)
All FileHash-MD5 FileHash-SHA1 FileHash-SHA256 URL hostname
TYPEINDICATORDESCRIPTIONCREATED
FileHash-MD5 28cb7b261f4eb97e8a4b3b0d32f8def1 2026-02-03
FileHash-MD5 2dc895d5611a149bfcc0d17c4f02d863 2026-02-03
FileHash-MD5 32f3c40b0ed1c5cf23430be7f9eb7b06 2026-02-03
FileHash-MD5 6aed7e49bd6c10c4eaee34f8c0eaa055 2026-02-03