ShadowPad
- ID
- S0596
- Type
- Malware
- Associated names
- POISONPLUG.SHADOW
- Platforms
- Windows
- Source
- attack.mitre.org
- MITRE last modified
- 22 Oct 2025
ShadowPad is a modular backdoor that was first identified in a supply chain compromise of the NetSarang software in mid-July 2017. The malware was originally thought to be exclusively used by APT41, but has since been observed to be used by various Chinese threat activity groups. [1][2][3]
Techniques used (21)
- T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery
- T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information
- T1027.011 Fileless Storage
- T1029 Scheduled Transfer
- T1033 System Owner/User Discovery
- T1055 Process Injection
- T1055.001 Dynamic-link Library Injection
- T1057 Process Discovery
- T1070 Indicator Removal
- T1071.001 Web Protocols
- T1071.002 File Transfer Protocols
- T1071.004 DNS
- T1082 System Information Discovery
- T1095 Non-Application Layer Protocol
- T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
- T1112 Modify Registry
- T1124 System Time Discovery
- T1132.002 Non-Standard Encoding
- T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
- T1568.002 Domain Generation Algorithms
- T1680 Local Storage Discovery
Groups using it (8)
- G0060 BRONZE BUTLER
- G0081 Tropic Trooper
- G0096 APT41
- G0129 Mustang Panda
- G0131 Tonto Team
- G0143 Aquatic Panda
- G1006 Earth Lusca
- G1042 RedEcho