S1229: Havoc
Havoc is an open-source post-exploitation command and control (C2) framework first released on GitHub in October 2022 by C5pider (Paul Ungur), who continues to maintain and develop it with community contributors. Havoc provides a wide range of offensive security capabilities and has been adopted by multiple threat actors to establish and maintain control over compromised systems.
Security context for executives and security teams
Havoc matters because it is an open-source post-exploitation command-and-control framework with broad offensive capabilities and documented adoption by multiple threat actors. For leaders, the key issue is not the tool name alone; it is whether the organization can detect and respond to the behaviors commonly associated with a modern C2 framework across Windows, Linux, and macOS endpoints.
Executive priority
Treat Havoc as a coverage-validation case for post-compromise resilience. Executives should ask whether SOC, endpoint, network, and incident response teams can prove visibility into discovery, command execution, tool transfer, proxying, screen capture, local data collection, and Windows injection or token impersonation behaviors. Because ATT&CK lists WIRTE as using Havoc, threat intelligence and regional/business exposure reviews may be relevant, but local risk should be based on the organization’s sector, geography, and telemetry.
Technical view
ATT&CK does not provide a dedicated detection analytic for Havoc, so defenders should validate behavior-based coverage from the relationships. Priority validation areas include command execution via PowerShell and Windows Command Shell, native API use, process and account discovery, file and directory discovery, system and network discovery, web/file-transfer C2 protocols, proxy behavior, ingress tool transfer, screen capture, local data access, command obfuscation, and Windows-specific DLL/PE injection and token impersonation. Coverage should be tested across the listed platforms: Linux, macOS, and Windows.
Likely telemetry
- Endpoint process creation and command-line telemetry, including PowerShell and cmd activity on Windows
- Script execution logs and PowerShell logging where enabled
- Endpoint detection telemetry for process injection, native API behavior, token impersonation, and unusual child-process patterns
- Network telemetry for HTTP/S or other web protocol C2-like traffic, file-transfer protocol use, and proxy or traffic redirection patterns
- File system telemetry for local data access, file and directory enumeration, and newly transferred tools
Detection direction
- Build detections around clustered post-exploitation behavior rather than the Havoc name alone, since the supplied ATT&CK object has no official detection text.
- Correlate discovery commands, command interpreters, network beaconing or web/file-transfer communications, and tool transfer from the same host or user context.
- Tune for legitimate administrator activity: discovery commands, PowerShell, file transfer, and proxy use can be normal, so detections should incorporate asset role, user role, timing, parent process, and destination reputation where available.
- Validate Windows-specific visibility for DLL injection, PE injection, and token impersonation; these are common blind spots if endpoint telemetry lacks memory/process-access detail.
- Confirm Linux and macOS monitoring is not materially weaker than Windows coverage, because the object lists all three platforms.
Mitigation priorities
- Prioritize least privilege and administrative access controls to reduce the value of token impersonation, discovery, and command execution after compromise.
- Harden and monitor scripting and command interpreters, especially PowerShell and Windows Command Shell, while preserving legitimate administrative workflows.
- Restrict and monitor unauthorized file transfer paths, proxy use, and outbound web/file-transfer communications from endpoints and servers.
- Ensure endpoint controls can observe and block or alert on process injection, suspicious native API usage, and unusual tool staging where supported.
- Improve user-execution defenses for malicious files and copy-paste social engineering through policy, awareness, and technical controls.
Additional notes and limits
The supplied ATT&CK data identifies Havoc as an open-source post-exploitation C2 framework first released on GitHub in October 2022 and maintained by C5pider with contributors. ATT&CK states it has been adopted by multiple threat actors and includes a relationship showing WIRTE uses it. The strongest defensive value comes from mapping the listed techniques to existing SOC telemetry and response playbooks.
No official ATT&CK detection text, aliases, labels, or malware-specific tactics were supplied. The relationship list provides behavioral context, but it does not prove activity in any specific environment. Local logs, EDR coverage, network architecture, identity controls, and business exposure are required to determine actual risk and detection coverage.
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
Havoc
Havoc is an open-source post-exploitation command and control (C2) framework first released on GitHub in October 2022 by C5pider (Paul Ungur), who continues to maintain and develop it with community contributors. Havoc provides a wide range of offensive security capabilities and has been adopted by multiple threat actors to establish and maintain control over compromised systems.
How security teams should use this page
Treat this object as behavior context, not an attribution claim. Validate the related groups, software, data sources, and mitigations against official ATT&CK relationships and your own telemetry before making control-coverage decisions.
Techniques used
This mirrors the MITRE pattern of making group, software, campaign, and technique relationships scannable. Relationship notes come from mirrored ATT&CK relationship text when available.
Groups, software, and campaigns
G0090: WIRTE
WIRTE is a cyberespionage actor, believed to be a subgroup of the Hamas-affiliated Gaza Cybergang, that has been active since at least August 2018. WIRTE has targeted diplomatic, financial, military, legal, and technology organizations across the Middle East, North Africa, and in Europe to gather intelligence. WIRTE has remained persistently active despite the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict and has expanded their operations to include wiper malware attacks against Israeli targets.[1][2][3][4]
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Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(1)
| Release | Bundle imported | Object version | Modified | Status | Raw hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.1 | 1.1 | Current bundle | 78a28f2fe5b6… |
Mirrored ATT&CK source object
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External references and citations
MITRE external references are preserved separately from Glexia analysis so citations remain traceable to their original source records.
- [1]Zscaler Havoc FEB 2023
Shivtarkar, N. and Jain, S. (2023, February 14). Havoc Across the Cyberspace. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [2]Fortinet Havoc MAR 2025
Wan, Y. (2025, March 3). Havoc: SharePoint with Microsoft Graph API turns into FUD C2. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [3]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [4]Immersive Labs Havoc C2 APR 2024
Immersive Content Team. (2024, April 9). Havoc C2 Framework – A Defensive Operator’s Guide. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
Open source URL - [5]Check Point Wirte NOV 2024
Check Point. (2024, November 12). Hamas-affiliated Threat Actor WIRTE Continues its Middle East Operations and Moves to Disruptive Activity. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
Open source URL - [6]mitre-attackS1229Open source URL
- [7]mitre-attackS1229Open source URL
- [8]mitre-attackS1229Open source URL
- [9]Fortinet Havoc MAR 2025
Wan, Y. (2025, March 3). Havoc: SharePoint with Microsoft Graph API turns into FUD C2. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [10]Zscaler Havoc FEB 2023
Shivtarkar, N. and Jain, S. (2023, February 14). Havoc Across the Cyberspace. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [11]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [12]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [13]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [14]Fortinet Havoc MAR 2025
Wan, Y. (2025, March 3). Havoc: SharePoint with Microsoft Graph API turns into FUD C2. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [15]Fortinet Havoc MAR 2025
Wan, Y. (2025, March 3). Havoc: SharePoint with Microsoft Graph API turns into FUD C2. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [16]Zscaler Havoc FEB 2023
Shivtarkar, N. and Jain, S. (2023, February 14). Havoc Across the Cyberspace. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [17]Zscaler Havoc FEB 2023
Shivtarkar, N. and Jain, S. (2023, February 14). Havoc Across the Cyberspace. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [18]Fortinet Havoc MAR 2025
Wan, Y. (2025, March 3). Havoc: SharePoint with Microsoft Graph API turns into FUD C2. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [19]Fortinet Havoc MAR 2025
Wan, Y. (2025, March 3). Havoc: SharePoint with Microsoft Graph API turns into FUD C2. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [20]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [21]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [22]Immersive Labs Havoc C2 APR 2024
Immersive Content Team. (2024, April 9). Havoc C2 Framework – A Defensive Operator’s Guide. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
Open source URL - [23]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [24]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [25]Immersive Labs Havoc C2 APR 2024
Immersive Content Team. (2024, April 9). Havoc C2 Framework – A Defensive Operator’s Guide. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
Open source URL - [26]Immersive Labs Havoc C2 APR 2024
Immersive Content Team. (2024, April 9). Havoc C2 Framework – A Defensive Operator’s Guide. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
Open source URL - [27]Zscaler Havoc FEB 2023
Shivtarkar, N. and Jain, S. (2023, February 14). Havoc Across the Cyberspace. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [28]Zscaler Havoc FEB 2023
Shivtarkar, N. and Jain, S. (2023, February 14). Havoc Across the Cyberspace. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [29]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [30]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [31]Fortinet Havoc MAR 2025
Wan, Y. (2025, March 3). Havoc: SharePoint with Microsoft Graph API turns into FUD C2. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [32]Fortinet Havoc MAR 2025
Wan, Y. (2025, March 3). Havoc: SharePoint with Microsoft Graph API turns into FUD C2. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [33]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [34]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [35]Immersive Labs Havoc C2 APR 2024
Immersive Content Team. (2024, April 9). Havoc C2 Framework – A Defensive Operator’s Guide. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
Open source URL - [36]Immersive Labs Havoc C2 APR 2024
Immersive Content Team. (2024, April 9). Havoc C2 Framework – A Defensive Operator’s Guide. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
Open source URL - [37]Zscaler Havoc FEB 2023
Shivtarkar, N. and Jain, S. (2023, February 14). Havoc Across the Cyberspace. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [38]Zscaler Havoc FEB 2023
Shivtarkar, N. and Jain, S. (2023, February 14). Havoc Across the Cyberspace. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [39]Fortinet Havoc MAR 2025
Wan, Y. (2025, March 3). Havoc: SharePoint with Microsoft Graph API turns into FUD C2. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [40]Fortinet Havoc MAR 2025
Wan, Y. (2025, March 3). Havoc: SharePoint with Microsoft Graph API turns into FUD C2. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [41]Fortinet Havoc MAR 2025
Wan, Y. (2025, March 3). Havoc: SharePoint with Microsoft Graph API turns into FUD C2. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [42]Fortinet Havoc MAR 2025
Wan, Y. (2025, March 3). Havoc: SharePoint with Microsoft Graph API turns into FUD C2. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [43]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [44]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [45]Zscaler Havoc FEB 2023
Shivtarkar, N. and Jain, S. (2023, February 14). Havoc Across the Cyberspace. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [46]Zscaler Havoc FEB 2023
Shivtarkar, N. and Jain, S. (2023, February 14). Havoc Across the Cyberspace. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [47]Immersive Labs Havoc C2 APR 2024
Immersive Content Team. (2024, April 9). Havoc C2 Framework – A Defensive Operator’s Guide. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
Open source URL - [48]Immersive Labs Havoc C2 APR 2024
Immersive Content Team. (2024, April 9). Havoc C2 Framework – A Defensive Operator’s Guide. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
Open source URL - [49]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [50]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [51]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [52]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [53]Immersive Labs Havoc C2 APR 2024
Immersive Content Team. (2024, April 9). Havoc C2 Framework – A Defensive Operator’s Guide. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
Open source URL - [54]Immersive Labs Havoc C2 APR 2024
Immersive Content Team. (2024, April 9). Havoc C2 Framework – A Defensive Operator’s Guide. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
Open source URL - [55]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [56]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [57]Check Point Wirte NOV 2024
Check Point. (2024, November 12). Hamas-affiliated Threat Actor WIRTE Continues its Middle East Operations and Moves to Disruptive Activity. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
Open source URL - [58]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [59]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [60]Zscaler Havoc FEB 2023
Shivtarkar, N. and Jain, S. (2023, February 14). Havoc Across the Cyberspace. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [61]Zscaler Havoc FEB 2023
Shivtarkar, N. and Jain, S. (2023, February 14). Havoc Across the Cyberspace. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [62]Fortinet Havoc MAR 2025
Wan, Y. (2025, March 3). Havoc: SharePoint with Microsoft Graph API turns into FUD C2. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [63]Fortinet Havoc MAR 2025
Wan, Y. (2025, March 3). Havoc: SharePoint with Microsoft Graph API turns into FUD C2. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [64]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [65]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [66]Check Point Wirte NOV 2024
Check Point. (2024, November 12). Hamas-affiliated Threat Actor WIRTE Continues its Middle East Operations and Moves to Disruptive Activity. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
Open source URL - [67]Check Point Wirte NOV 2024
Check Point. (2024, November 12). Hamas-affiliated Threat Actor WIRTE Continues its Middle East Operations and Moves to Disruptive Activity. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
Open source URL - [68]Check Point Wirte NOV 2024
Check Point. (2024, November 12). Hamas-affiliated Threat Actor WIRTE Continues its Middle East Operations and Moves to Disruptive Activity. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
Open source URL - [69]Check Point Wirte NOV 2024
Check Point. (2024, November 12). Hamas-affiliated Threat Actor WIRTE Continues its Middle East Operations and Moves to Disruptive Activity. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
Open source URL - [70]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [71]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [72]Zscaler Havoc FEB 2023
Shivtarkar, N. and Jain, S. (2023, February 14). Havoc Across the Cyberspace. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [73]Zscaler Havoc FEB 2023
Shivtarkar, N. and Jain, S. (2023, February 14). Havoc Across the Cyberspace. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [74]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [75]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [76]Immersive Labs Havoc C2 APR 2024
Immersive Content Team. (2024, April 9). Havoc C2 Framework – A Defensive Operator’s Guide. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
Open source URL - [77]Immersive Labs Havoc C2 APR 2024
Immersive Content Team. (2024, April 9). Havoc C2 Framework – A Defensive Operator’s Guide. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
Open source URL - [78]Zscaler Havoc FEB 2023
Shivtarkar, N. and Jain, S. (2023, February 14). Havoc Across the Cyberspace. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [79]Zscaler Havoc FEB 2023
Shivtarkar, N. and Jain, S. (2023, February 14). Havoc Across the Cyberspace. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [80]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [81]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [82]Immersive Labs Havoc C2 APR 2024
Immersive Content Team. (2024, April 9). Havoc C2 Framework – A Defensive Operator’s Guide. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
Open source URL - [83]Immersive Labs Havoc C2 APR 2024
Immersive Content Team. (2024, April 9). Havoc C2 Framework – A Defensive Operator’s Guide. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
Open source URL - [84]Check Point Wirte NOV 2024
Check Point. (2024, November 12). Hamas-affiliated Threat Actor WIRTE Continues its Middle East Operations and Moves to Disruptive Activity. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
Open source URL - [85]Check Point Wirte NOV 2024
Check Point. (2024, November 12). Hamas-affiliated Threat Actor WIRTE Continues its Middle East Operations and Moves to Disruptive Activity. Retrieved April 20, 2026.
Open source URL - [86]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [87]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [88]Fortinet Havoc MAR 2025
Wan, Y. (2025, March 3). Havoc: SharePoint with Microsoft Graph API turns into FUD C2. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
Open source URL - [89]Havoc Framework Documentation
Ungur, P. (n.d.). HAVOC. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
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