H3XA — Operational Evidence

TypeMalware

External ID—

First seen2026-08-14

Last seen2026-08-14

Confidence

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[Kazuar](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0265) is a fully featured, multi-platform backdoor Trojan written using the Microsoft .NET framework. (Citation: Unit 42 Kazuar May 2017)

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malware

32 recorded

Relationships

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to Application Window Discovery

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to Bidirectional Communication

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to Data Destruction

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to Data from Local System

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to Dynamic-link Library Injection

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to Fallback Channels

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to File and Directory Discovery

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to File Deletion

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to File Transfer Protocols

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to Ingress Tool Transfer

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to Internal Proxy

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to Local Account

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to Local Data Staging

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to Local Groups

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to Local Storage Discovery

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to Obfuscated Files or Information

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to Process Discovery

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to Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

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to Scheduled Transfer

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to Screen Capture

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to Shortcut Modification

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to Standard Encoding

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to System Information Discovery

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to System Network Configuration Discovery

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to System Owner/User Discovery

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to Unix Shell

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to Video Capture

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to Web Protocols

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to Windows Command Shell

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to Windows Management Instrumentation

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to Windows Service

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from Turla

Group

3 external

References

mitre-attack

S0265

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Kazuar

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Unit 42 Kazuar May 2017

https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/05/unit42-kazuar-multiplatform-espionage-backdoor-api-access/

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