MALWARE FAMILY

CHINACHOPPER

Internal ID: win.chinachopper

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

a simple code injection webshell that executes Microsoft .NET code within HTTP POST commands. This allows the shell to upload and download files, execute applications with web server account permissions, list directory contents, access Active Directory, access databases, and any other action allowed by the .NET runtime.

Threat Analysis

CHINACHOPPER 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://adeo.com.tr/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/APT10_Report.pdf

→https://archive.is/LJFEF

→https://asec.ahnlab.com/en/47455/

→https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0096

→https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0125/

→https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0020/

→https://blog.joshlemon.com.au/hafnium-exchange-attacks/

→https://blog.rapid7.com/2021/03/03/rapid7s-insightidr-enables-detection-and-response-to-microsoft-exchange-0-day

→https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2019/08/china-chopper-still-active-9-years-later.html

→https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2021/05/lemon-duck-spreads-wings.html

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.chinachopper

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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