Threat Group Cards: A Threat Actor Encyclopedia Archived: 2026-04-05 13:39:00 UTC Home > List all groups > List all tools > List all groups using tool PyXie Tool: PyXie Names PyXie PyXie RAT Category Malware Type Backdoor, Loader Description (BlackBerry) PyXie has been deployed in an ongoing campaign that targets a wide range of industries. It has been seen in conjunction with Cobalt Strike beacons as well as a downloader that has similarities to the Shifu banking Trojan. Analysts have observed evidence of the threat actors attempting to deliver ransomware to the healthcare and education industries with PyXie. Key highlights of the PyXie campaign include: • Legitimate LogMeIn and Google binaries used to sideload payloads. • A Trojanized Tetris app to load and execute Cobalt Strike stagers from internal network shares. • Use of a downloader with similarities to Shifu named 'Cobalt Mode'. • Use of SharpHound to collect active directory information from victims. • A custom compiled Python interpreter that uses scrambled opcodes to hinder analysis. • Use of a modified RC4 algorithm to encrypt payloads with a unique key per infected host. Information Malpedia Last change to this tool card: 24 April 2021 Download this tool card in JSON format All groups using tool PyXie Changed Name Country Observed APT groups https://apt.etda.or.th/cgi-bin/listgroups.cgi?u=4e675551-3b29-4764-819b-0b8b68e3dcb4 Page 1 of 2 Sprite Spider, Gold Dupont [Unknown] 2015-Nov 2022   1 group listed (1 APT, 0 other, 0 unknown) Source: https://apt.etda.or.th/cgi-bin/listgroups.cgi?u=4e675551-3b29-4764-819b-0b8b68e3dcb4 https://apt.etda.or.th/cgi-bin/listgroups.cgi?u=4e675551-3b29-4764-819b-0b8b68e3dcb4 Page 2 of 2