PyXie

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Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

Full-featured Python RAT compiled into an executable.

PyXie RAT functionality includes:

* Man-in-the-middle (MITM) Interception

* Web-injects

* Keylogging

* Credential harvesting

* Network Scanning

* Cookie theft

* Clearing logs

* Recording video

* Running arbitrary payloads

* Monitoring USB drives and exfiltrating data

* WebDav server

* Socks5 proxy

* Virtual Network Connection (VNC)

* Certificate theft

* Inventorying software

* Enumerating the domain with Sharphound

Threat Analysis

PyXie is a known-sophistication threat actor of undetermined national origin, engaged in cyber operations with a primary motivation of unknown activity patterns.

External References

→https://cluster25.io/2022/05/03/a-strange-link-between-a-destructive-malware-and-the-loader-of-a-ransomware-group-isaacwiper-vs-vatet/

→https://go.crowdstrike.com/rs/281-OBQ-266/images/Report2021GTR.pdf

→https://threatvector.cylance.com/en_us/home/meet-pyxie-a-nefarious-new-python-rat.html

→https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/vatet-pyxie-defray777/

→https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/vatet-pyxie-defray777/2/

Quick Facts

TypeAPT / Threat Group

Aliases3

Also Known As

win.pyxiePyXiePyXie RAT

External Intelligence

Malpedia: win.pyxie

Research Links

MITRE ATT&CK VirusTotal Google (news) Twitter/X search

Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.

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