Nighthawk

Internal ID: win.nighthawk

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

C2 framework.

Threat Analysis

Nighthawk 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://github.com/kevoreilly/CAPEv2/blob/master/modules/processing/parsers/CAPE/Nighthawk.py

→https://github.com/struppigel/hedgehog-tools/blob/main/nighthawk_str_decoder.py

→https://michaelkoczwara.medium.com/hunting-c2-with-shodan-223ca250d06f

→https://web.archive.org/web/20220505170100/https://suspicious.actor/2022/05/05/mdsec-nighthawk-study.html

→https://web.archive.org/web/20221124020920/https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/nighthawk-and-coming-pentest-tool-likely-gain-threat-actor-notice

→https://www.proofpoint.com/us/blog/threat-insight/nighthawk-and-coming-pentest-tool-likely-gain-threat-actor-notice

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.nighthawk

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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