ChaChi

First seen
2021-06-15 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor, loader
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:46:19

Targeted industries: education-and-nonprofits healthcare-and-pharmaceutical government-and-public-sector

Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:uk country_code:fr

Context

ChaChi is a Golang-based malware primarily used as a backdoor and loader. It supports DNS tunneling for command-and-control communication and has been associated with targeting critical infrastructure sectors.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules

Detection rules

  • BLACKBERRY_Mal_Backdoor_Chachi_RAT (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • blogs.blackberry.com — Pysa Loves Chachi A New Golang Rat (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Chachi (report)

External references