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
- Mustang Panda (threat-actor)
Reports & references
- zscaler.com — Latest Mustang Panda Arsenal Paklog Corklog And Splatcloak P2 (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S1235 (report)