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📛 Threat Title

Unknown Loader: Domain name that delivers a malware payload xleister.de

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 16:07:39 UTC. Reporter: varysz. Tags: etherhiding, victim.

Indicators of Compromise (1)

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IOC database

Type
domain
Value
xleister.de
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 3 of 91 VirusTotal vendors

VendorVerdictDetection
Emsisoft malicious phishing
Netcraft malicious malicious
SOCRadar suspicious suspicious

Details From VirusTotal

Basic Properties
TLDde
History
Last analysis2026-09-25 17:18 UTC
Last modified on VirusTotal2026-09-26 00:31 UTC
WHOIS record date2026-09-25 12:10 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 16:07:39 UTC. Reporter: varysz. Tags: etherhiding, victim.

Remediations (10)

  • web:aviatrix.ai

    Threat actors weaponized the third-party.com placeholder domain referenced in 1,700+ GitHub repos to deliver ClickFix malware and scareware attacks in 2026.

  • 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.offseq.com

    The data describes a set of ThreatFox IOCs collected on 2026-09-24 associated with malware activities focused on payload delivery and network activity. No detailed technical information, affected software versions, or exploit details are included. The entry serves as an OSINT report of potential malicious indicators without further elaboration.

  • web:thehackernews.com

    Microsoft details a new ClickFix variant abusing DNS nslookup commands to stage malware , enabling stealthy payload delivery and RAT deployment.

  • web:thehackernews.com

    WordlistLoader delivers Amatera via ClearFake ClickFix attacks, while SynkLoader uses Teams phishing to steal Windows login credentials.

  • 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 .

  • web:www.microsoft.com

    The ClickFix social engineering technique has been growing in popularity, with campaigns targeting thousands of enterprise and end-user devices daily. This technique exploits users' tendency to resolve technical issues by tricking them into running malicious commands. These commands, in turn, deliver payloads that ultimately lead to information theft and exfiltration.

  • web:www.threatclaw.ai

    The cluster:zone56.fr, zoneshub.com, zoo-station.com, zoukhrof.com, zymekcardiology.com, xleister.de , xocdiaonline.cards, xstorage.com.ar — all tagged unknown_loader , all conf:75, all carrying the etherhiding and victim markers. Three properties matter, and none of them are consistent with independent compromise:

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