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Harvester: APT Group Expands Toolset With New GoGra Linux Backdoor
WHITE Harvester AlienVault 2026-05-01 Modified: 2026-05-04
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The Harvester APT group has developed a new Linux version of its GoGra backdoor that uses the legitimate Microsoft Graph API and Outlook mailboxes as a covert command-and-control channel. The malware employs social engineering lures with tailored decoy documents, masquerading malicious ELF files as standard documents. Initial VirusTotal submissions originated from India and Afghanistan, indicating these regions as primary targets. The backdoor uses hardcoded Azure AD credentials to poll a specific mailbox folder at two-second intervals, executing commands received via encrypted emails and exfiltrating results through reply messages. Analysis confirms this Linux variant shares nearly identical code with a previously known Windows version, including matching spelling errors, demonstrating Harvester's multi-platform development strategy and continued focus on South Asian espionage operations.
Indicators of Compromise (16)
All FileHash-MD5 FileHash-SHA1 FileHash-SHA256
TYPEINDICATORDESCRIPTIONCREATED
FileHash-MD5 1e8a11249ac38ca948a10308cc333a47 2026-05-01
FileHash-MD5 7bf2191620c2cca5f8238834149ba470 2026-05-01
FileHash-MD5 8f1af2175403195726957dc58fe64821 2026-05-01
FileHash-MD5 abfe90bd06b0781a075ed23757822816 2026-05-01
FileHash-MD5 b14ca5898a4e4133bbce2ea2315a1916 2026-05-01
FileHash-MD5 d69cc848443b63eb0ae8d05a6ecfba5e 2026-05-01
FileHash-SHA1 4d9ae84166f2083a1ee7f3e7a0b3581e4b41bc4b 2026-05-01
FileHash-SHA1 7f58210fa9fb9a154a8c9b4d595f10c3ef7f79ec 2026-05-01
FileHash-SHA1 a225c68ddfaa81bc3f13bbfc65a85b4e047e8aa5 2026-05-01
FileHash-SHA1 afce743ccdd089a4132aad647ed47ba13b3f83b0 2026-05-01
FileHash-SHA1 c78c6f9b78e9503ab1a079010cf12a6182ec4d43 2026-05-01
FileHash-SHA256 2d0177a00bed31f72b48965bee34cec04cb5be8eeea66ae0bb144f77e4d439b1 2026-05-01
FileHash-SHA256 57cd5721bae65c29e58121b5a9b00487a83b6c37dded56052cab2a67f90ea943 2026-05-01
FileHash-SHA256 74ac41406ce7a7aa992f68b4b3042f980027526f33ec6c8d84cb26f20495c9dc 2026-05-01
FileHash-SHA256 9c23c65a8a392a3fd885496a5ff2004252f1ad4388814b20e5459695280b0b82 2026-05-01
FileHash-SHA256 d8d84eaba9b902045ae4fe044e9761ad0ce9051b85feea3f1cf9c80b59b2b123 2026-05-01