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-SHA1 21a942273c14e4b9d3faa58e4de1fd4d5014a1ed 2026-02-03
FileHash-SHA1 73d9d0139eaf89b7df34ceeb60e5f8c7cd2463bf 2026-02-03
FileHash-SHA1 9fbf2195dee991b1e5a727fd51391dcc2d7a4b16 2026-02-03
FileHash-SHA1 f7910d943a013eede24ac89d6388c1b98f8b3717 2026-02-03