HOMETHREATSNACHOCHEESE
MALWARE FAMILY

NACHOCHEESE

Internal ID: win.nachocheese
1
aliases
Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

According to FireEye, NACHOCHEESE is a command-line tunneler that accepts delimited C&C IPs or domains via command-line and gives actors shell access to a victim's system.

Threat Analysis

NACHOCHEESE 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://baesystemsai.blogspot.com/2017/02/lazarus-false-flag-malware.html
→https://blog.lexfo.fr/ressources/Lexfo-WhitePaper-The_Lazarus_Constellation.pdf
→https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eric-erki/APT_CyberCriminal_Campagin_Collections/master/2017/2017.05.30.Lazarus_Arisen/Group-IB_Lazarus.pdf
→https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/analysis-reports/ar20-239b
→https://www.fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/current-threats/pdfs/pf/apt/rpt-apt38-2018.pdf
→https://www.virusbulletin.com/uploads/pdf/magazine/2018/VB2018-Kalnai-Poslusny.pdf
→https://www.welivesecurity.com/2017/02/16/demystifying-targeted-malware-used-polish-banks/

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family
Aliases1

Also Known As

win.nachocheese

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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