Tool
Chisel
- First Reported
- Jun 3, 2026
- Latest Reported
- Oct 6, 2026
Reported Context (7)
- Before its removal, the GitHub repository also hosted an in-memory wrapper that executed the open-source Chisel tunneling utility. Iranian-Aligned Blinder Tunnel Campaign Targets Iraqi Critical Infrastructure
- though other attacks like Pass-the-Hash were also observed. Open source network tunnel utility Chisel was used to facilitate remote RDP sessions. Many hosts had malicious scheduled tasks executing obfuscated Report Traces ShinyHunters’ Six-Year Evolution and Changing Attack Tactics
- AS56694 and AS49505, SSH/SFTP-based exfiltration infrastructure within AS50340, and AS62212 hosting a Chisel implant chained with a Cloudflare Worker to establish a reverse SOCKS proxy, which is a notably more Team Cymru Details Ransomware Infrastructure Trends Across 20+ Investigations
- and used them to run discovery commands, attempt credential access, and execute an off-the-shelf build of Chisel, an open-source TCP tunnelling tool. Sophos Finds Fake AI Installers Dominated Malware Cases
- across the codebases: compromise the device, enable a SOCKS5 proxy on it, and report the result back to a chisel reverse-tunnel listener on the server's port at 4444. The operator's objective is a pool of SOCKS5 Research details toolkits targeting Ukrainian IP cameras and routers
CVE (13)
Malware (16)
People (2)
Threat Actors (34)
MITRE ATT&CK (58)
Vendors (32)
Products (51)
Tools (37)
Industries (9)
Countries (31)
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