11 min read
1,509 WordPress sites feed an active SocGholish chain
One integrated WordPress-to-GhoLoader operation mapped to Proofpoint's TA2726 and TA569/SocGholish labels, followed by ClickFix on shared hosts.
Distribution is the other half: the hosts that hand over the payload in the first place. They rarely sit on the same networks as the command-and-control addresses, and some families turn up here and nowhere else, so they are counted on their own rather than folded into the C2 figures.
How live hosts are reached, counted once each. A host can carry more than one.
| Trend | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| DriveSurge | 761 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| SocGholish | 212 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| SessionSerpent | 120 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Remcos | 73 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| XWorm | 67 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Kali365 | 66 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Cobalt Strike | 64 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Xred | 61 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| miarroba | 59 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Mirai | 55 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| StealC | 49 | stable | Aug 8, 2026 |
| QuasarRAT | 47 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| SharpHound | 47 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Phorpiex | 46 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Remus | 44 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| AsyncRAT | 43 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Metasploit | 43 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| njRAT | 41 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| honeystorm | 39 | trending down | Aug 7, 2026 |
| RedLine | 37 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| SVCStealer | 33 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| SALATSTEALER | 32 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Vidar | 32 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| AnimateClipper | 30 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Amadey | 28 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Hive | 28 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| XMRig | 27 | stable | Aug 8, 2026 |
| FlowerStorm | 25 | trending up | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Koi Loader | 25 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| destinystealer | 23 | stable | Aug 8, 2026 |
| EvilTokens | 23 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| NetSupport RAT | 22 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| XLoader | 22 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| BLACKMATTER | 20 | trending down | Aug 7, 2026 |
| LockBit | 20 | trending down | Aug 7, 2026 |
| RatonRAT | 19 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| FleshStealer | 18 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| gh0st RAT | 18 | stable | Aug 8, 2026 |
| RisePro | 18 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Sneaky2FA | 16 | trending down | Aug 7, 2026 |
| SolarisLoader | 16 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| BlankGrabber | 15 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Kongtuke | 15 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Shade | 15 | trending down | Aug 7, 2026 |
| ZPHP | 15 | trending down | Aug 7, 2026 |
| DcRAT | 14 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| FlawedAmmyy | 14 | trending down | Aug 5, 2026 |
| gurcu | 14 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Mimikatz | 14 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Redosdru | 14 | stable | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Lumma Stealer | 13 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Sliver | 13 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Gcore | 12 | trending down | Aug 7, 2026 |
| HijackLoader | 11 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| rustme | 11 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| siriusrat | 11 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| WannaCryptor | 11 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| WarzoneRAT | 11 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| NanoCore | 10 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| PhantomStealer | 10 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Stealerium | 10 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Agent Tesla | 9 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| BlueNoroff | 8 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Mozi | 8 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| coffloader | 7 | trending up | Aug 7, 2026 |
| CryptoLocker | 7 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| discordrat | 7 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| UmbralStealer | 7 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Jigsaw | 6 | trending down | Aug 7, 2026 |
| StormKitty | 6 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| darksiderat | 5 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Exela Stealer | 5 | trending down | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Overlord | 5 | trending down | Aug 7, 2026 |
| TAG-150 | 5 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| ACR | 4 | trending down | Aug 7, 2026 |
| DeerStealer | 4 | stable | Aug 8, 2026 |
| ValleyRAT | 4 | trending down | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Floxif | 3 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| HackBrowserData | 3 | trending up | Aug 6, 2026 |
| lxbaserat | 3 | trending down | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Masslogger | 3 | trending up | Aug 7, 2026 |
| millenniumrat | 3 | stable | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Neconyd | 3 | stable | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Neshta | 3 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| NonEuclid RAT | 3 | trending down | Aug 8, 2026 |
| PureRAT | 3 | trending down | Aug 6, 2026 |
| PurpleFox | 3 | trending down | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Atomic Stealer | 2 | stable | Aug 2, 2026 |
| Beapy | 2 | stable | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Gcleaner | 2 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| GuLoader | 2 | trending up | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Mamba2FA | 2 | stable | Aug 5, 2026 |
| seven | 2 | stable | Aug 8, 2026 |
| XTinyLoader | 2 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| amus | 1 | stable | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Arkei | 1 | stable | Aug 6, 2026 |
| bdaejec | 1 | trending down | Aug 3, 2026 |
| CryptoWall | 1 | stable | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Dharma | 1 | stable | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Emotet | 1 | stable | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Gafgyt | 1 | stable | Aug 7, 2026 |
| GhostSocks | 1 | trending down | Aug 6, 2026 |
| glamour | 1 | stable | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Havoc | 1 | trending up | Aug 6, 2026 |
| infinitylock | 1 | stable | Aug 6, 2026 |
| jeefo | 1 | stable | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Kaiten | 1 | stable | Aug 7, 2026 |
| Kratos | 1 | stable | Aug 3, 2026 |
| la02loader | 1 | trending down | Aug 4, 2026 |
| Latrodectus | 1 | stable | Aug 2, 2026 |
| maskgramstealer | 1 | stable | Aug 6, 2026 |
| N-W0rm | 1 | stable | Aug 2, 2026 |
| Nemucod | 1 | stable | Aug 6, 2026 |
| netreactor | 1 | trending down | Aug 7, 2026 |
| NetWorm | 1 | stable | Aug 6, 2026 |
| NightshadeC2 | 1 | stable | Aug 8, 2026 |
| NoEscape | 1 | stable | Aug 6, 2026 |
| PureLogs | 1 | trending down | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Python stealer | 1 | stable | Aug 6, 2026 |
| qqpass | 1 | stable | Aug 8, 2026 |
| Redtail | 1 | stable | Aug 6, 2026 |
| REvil | 1 | stable | Aug 8, 2026 |
| RustyStealer | 1 | stable | Aug 6, 2026 |
| Sakula | 1 | stable | Aug 8, 2026 |
| SantaStealer | 1 | stable | Aug 6, 2026 |
| SectopRAT | 1 | trending up | Aug 6, 2026 |
| SmartLoader | 1 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| SMOKELOADER | 1 | trending up | Aug 8, 2026 |
| SnappyClient | 1 | trending down | Aug 2, 2026 |
| StealthWorker | 1 | stable | Aug 3, 2026 |
| STRRAT | 1 | stable | Aug 6, 2026 |
| TinyNuke | 1 | stable | Aug 6, 2026 |
| URSNIF | 1 | trending down | Aug 6, 2026 |
| vertexnet | 1 | trending down | Aug 2, 2026 |
| VIPKeylogger | 1 | trending up | Aug 7, 2026 |
| WhiteSnake | 1 | stable | Aug 6, 2026 |
| XorDDoS | 1 | stable | Aug 3, 2026 |
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