CorKLOG

MITRE ATT&CK: S1235 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: CorKLOG

Malware type
keylogger
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
windows
Profile updated
2026-07-07 15:31:56

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector

Targeted regions: country_code:cn country_code:vn country_code:kh

Context

CorKLOG is a keylogger known to be leveraged by Mustang Panda and was first observed utilized in 2024. CorKLOG is delivered through a RAR archive (e.g., src.rar), which contains two files: an executable (lcommute.exe) and the CorKLOG DLL (mscorsvc.dll). CorKLOG has established persistence on the system by creating services or with scheduled tasks.

Detection coverage

  • 171 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Code Signing (attack-pattern)
  • Keylogging (attack-pattern)
  • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
  • Windows Service (attack-pattern)
  • Encrypted/Encoded File (attack-pattern)
  • DLL (attack-pattern)
  • Scheduled Task (attack-pattern)
  • Local Data Staging (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • zscaler.com — Latest Mustang Panda Arsenal Paklog Corklog And Splatcloak P2 (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S1235 (report)

External references