MALWARE FAMILY

GolangGhost

Internal ID: win.golangghost

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

GolanGhost is a RAT written in Go. It uses C2 to receive commands and exfiltrate data such as browser information targeting especially installed cryptocurrency wallets.

It is often used in ClickFix campaigns by North-Korean threat actors.

Threat Analysis

GolangGhost 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://any.run/cybersecurity-blog/pylangghost-malware-analysis/

→https://blog.polyswarm.io/famous-chollimas-pylangghost

→https://blog.sekoia.io/clickfake-interview-campaign-by-lazarus/

→https://blog.talosintelligence.com/python-version-of-golangghost-rat/

→https://gitlab-com.gitlab.io/gl-security/security-tech-notes/threat-intelligence-tech-notes/north-korean-malware-sept-2025/

→https://web-assets.esetstatic.com/wls/en/papers/threat-reports/eset-apt-activity-report-q4-2024-q1-2025.pdf

→https://www-cdn.anthropic.com/b2a76c6f6992465c09a6f2fce282f6c0cea8c200.pdf

→https://www.recordedfuture.com/research/purplebravos-targeting-it-software-supply-chain

→https://www.silentpush.com/blog/contagious-interview-front-companies/

→https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/d/russian-infrastructure-north-korean-cybercrime.html

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.golangghost

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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