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📛 Threat Title

Unknown Loader: Domain name that delivers a malware payload treecitycandy.com

Category: Unknown Loader Published: Source updated: First seen: Last updated: Source: ThreatFox IOCs

Description

Indicator that identifies a malware distribution server (payload delivery). IOC type: Domain name that delivers a malware payload. Attributed malware: Unknown Loader. Confidence: 75. First seen: 2026-09-25 16:07:31 UTC. Reporter: varysz. Tags: etherhiding, victim.

Indicators of Compromise (1)

Each indicator is enriched from the IOC database, threat-intel feed corroboration (Threat Hunt) and VirusTotal. Click one to expand.

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IOC database

Type
domain
Value
treecitycandy.com
First seen
Last seen
Attached to this threat
Appears in
1 threat
Description
Ingested from IOC source: https://threatfox.abuse.ch/downloads/hostfile/

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Threat Hunt — feed corroboration

Not present in any configured threat-intel feed.

Flagged by 2 of 91 VirusTotal vendors

VendorVerdictDetection
Gridinsoft suspicious suspicious
SOCRadar suspicious suspicious

Details From VirusTotal

Basic Properties
RegistrarLaunchpad.com Inc.
TLDcom
History
Creation date2023-10-02 14:45 UTC
Last analysis2026-09-25 17:17 UTC
Last modified on VirusTotal2026-09-26 00:21 UTC
Last WHOIS update2025-10-20 17:23 UTC
WHOIS record date2026-09-25 17:23 UTC

References (2)

  • Malpedia profile ThreatFox IOCs
  • ThreatFox IOC page ThreatFox IOCs

    Indicator that identifies a malware distribution server (payload delivery). IOC type: Domain name that delivers a malware payload. Attributed malware: Unknown Loader. Confidence: 75. First seen: 2026-09-25 16:07:31 UTC. Reporter: varysz. Tags: etherhiding, victim.

Remediations (10)

  • web:darkwebinformer.com

    A new domain -based indicator has been identified associated with ** payload delivery** activity tied to the malware ** unknown\_loader **. This domain , advertised under the guise of a mobile advertising and monetization platform, poses a high-confidence threat to users and organizations. ---

  • web:darkwebinformer.com

    A new domain -based indicator has been identified associated with payload delivery activity tied to the malware unknown_loader . This domain , advertised under the guise of a mobile advertising and monetization platform, poses a high-confidence threat to users and organizations.

  • web:ismalicious.com

    4,553 indicators of compromise attributed to the Unknown Loader malware family — domains , IPs, URLs and file hashes, from abuse.ch feeds.

  • web:radar.cloudflare.com

    Understand the security, performance, technology, and network details of a URL with a publicly shareable report.

  • web:thehackernews.com

    The payload is gated on machine identity The third finding is the one that should change how teams interpret their tooling. In the dropper recovered from the live host, a hardware and account fingerprint machine GUID, volume serial, computer name , BIOS manufacturer, system model, GPU and username is base64-encoded directly into the download path.

  • web:threatfox.abuse.ch

    A malware sample can be associated with only one malware family. The page below gives you an overview on indicators of compromise associated with unknown_loader .

  • web:urlhaus.abuse.ch

    URLhaus URLhaus is a platform from abuse.ch and Spamhaus dedicated to sharing malicious URLs that are being used for malware distribution. Report URLs and explore the database for valuable intelligence. Use the APIs, to seamlessly push and pull signals, and automate bulk queries. With this intelligence, gain insights into malware behavior, to help identify, track, and mitigate against malware ...

  • web:www.hhs.gov

    Overview of ClickFix Attacks Threat actors initiate these campaigns by logging into websites with stolen credentials and installing fake plugins in compromised environments. Once installed, the plugins inject malicious JavaScript containing a known variation of fake browser update malware that uses blockchain and smart contracts to obtain malicious payloads ( a practice known as EtherHiding ...

  • web:www.malwarebytes.com

    A domain used in software examples—third-party[.]com—now serves up a fake verification page that tells Windows users to run a PowerShell command.

  • web:www.malwarebytes.com

    We found PavinLoader being used across ClickFix, fake software, and RenPy campaigns to deliver Amatera Stealer and other malware .

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