TOUGHPROGRESS

Aliases: Calendarwalk

First seen
2020-05-01 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor, rat
Family
Malware family
Profile updated
2026-07-07 15:23:21

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

Context

According to Google Threat Intelligence Group, this malware uses Google Calendar events for command and control (C2).

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules

Used by threat actors

  • TOUGHPROGRESS Campaign (campaign)

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Toughprogress_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Toughprogress (report)
  • virusbulletin.com — Google Calendar As C2 Infrastructure A China Nexus Campaign With Stealthy Tactics (report)
  • cloud.google.com — Apt41 Innovative Tactics (report)

External references