H3XA — Operational Evidence

TypeMalware

External ID—

First seen2026-08-14

Last seen2026-08-14

Confidence

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PureCrypter is a fully-featured malware loader, developed by a threat actor called “PureCoder," that has been in use since at least 2021 to distribute a variety of remote access trojans and information stealers.(Citation: Zscaler PureCrypter JUN 2022)

Labels

malware

27 recorded

Relationships

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Group

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to Asymmetric Cryptography

Technique

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to Debugger Evasion

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to Delay Execution

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to Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information

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to Disable or Modify Tools

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to Encrypted/Encoded File

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to Execution Guardrails

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to File Deletion

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to Hidden Window

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to Ingress Tool Transfer

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to Junk Code Insertion

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to Masquerade File Type

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to Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location

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to Mutual Exclusion

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to Process Discovery

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to Process Injection

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to Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

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to Scheduled Task

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to Security Software Discovery

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to Symmetric Cryptography

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to System Information Discovery

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to System Location Discovery

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to System Owner/User Discovery

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to Virtual Machine Discovery

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Technique

2 external

References

mitre-attack

S9019

Zscaler PureCrypter JUN 2022

https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/technical-analysis-purecrypter