PATHLOADER

Malware type
loader
Family
Malware family
Profile updated
2026-07-07 13:15:57

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector financial-services

Context

PATHLOADER is a cyber espionage malware used primarily as a loader in various malicious campaigns. It is known to target government and financial sectors, enabling threat actors to deploy further malicious payloads onto compromised systems.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Pathloader_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • elastic.co — Fragile Web Ref7707 (report)
  • elastic.co — Finaldraft (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Pathloader (report)

External references