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Malware à la Mode: Tracking Dropping Elephant Tradecraft Through a China-Themed Loader Chain

medrapid7Published 2026-06-17

<h2>Executive summary</h2><p style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-size: undefined;">Rapid7 researchers have identified a sophisticated malware campaign attributed to the threat actor "Dropping Elephant," characterized by the use of a China-themed decoy document to deliver a heavily reworked, in-memory remote access trojan (RAT). This campaign demonstrates advanced evasion techniques, includin

Attributed threat actors

MITRE ATT&CK techniques

Indicators of compromise

Original source: https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/tr-malware-tracking-dropping-elephant-tradecraft-china-themed-loader-chain