HOMETHREATSCACTUSTORCH
MALWARE FAMILY

CACTUSTORCH

Internal ID: js.cactustorch
1
aliases
Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

According to the GitHub repo, CACTUSTORCH is a JavaScript and VBScript shellcode launcher. It will spawn a 32 bit version of the binary specified and inject shellcode into it.

Threat Analysis

CACTUSTORCH is a malware family tracked by threat intelligence researchers and catalogued in the Malpedia dataset. It represents a distinct malicious software lineage with identifiable code characteristics, behaviors, and victimology.

External References

→https://forensicitguy.github.io/analyzing-cactustorch-hta-cobaltstrike/
→https://github.com/mdsecactivebreach/CACTUSTORCH
→https://www.codercto.com/a/46729.html
→https://www.macnica.net/file/mpression_automobile.pdf
→https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2020/09/24/gadolinium-detecting-empires-cloud/
→https://www.seqrite.com/documents/en/white-papers/Seqrite-WhitePaper-Operation-SideCopy.pdf

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family
Aliases1

Also Known As

js.cactustorch

Research Links

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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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