Known malicious kitcriticalphishing

XaocMail ClickFix shared-document lures on Cloudflare Workers delivering the Phantom53 implant

family: xaocmail-clickfix-phantom53-2026-11

Phishing e-mails dressed as a document-sharing notice (Google Docs, Adobe Acrobat, Office 365 or a "secured document") link each recipient to their own page on a Cloudflare Worker. The page shows a blurred copy of the document behind a fake reCAPTCHA or browser check and asks the visitor to press Win+R and paste a "verification token", which is really a PowerShell, mshta or msiexec command. The command installs an MSI that sets up the Phantom53 implant (a bundled Python runtime run by two scheduled tasks that reach their operator over DNS-over-HTTPS), which can later load a Havoc agent. While it installs, the page unblurs so the visitor sees the document they expected. Earlier lures delivered a ZIP with a sideloaded Notepad++ updater instead of the MSI. Seen from February to November 2026 on securedoc[.]makeneg458[.]workers[.]dev, securedoc[.]mesuttgulerr573[.]workers[.]dev and further Workers handed out by a link rotator. A match means a page built from this kit, one of its stagers, or one of its known hosts.

Anchors

Hunting ruleXaocMail_ClickFix_Document_Lure
SMQL queryrun
hunting_rule:XaocMail_ClickFix_Stager OR contacted_host:securedoc.makeneg458.workers.dev OR contacted_host:securedoc.mesuttgulerr573.workers.dev OR contacted_host:securedoc.f0fusulohaj3-dv02.workers.dev OR contacted_host:securedoc.z0toh0byv1v2-iegp.workers.dev OR contacted_host:google-securedocs.makeneg458.workers.dev OR contacted_host:securedoc-makeneg458.makeneg458.workers.dev OR contacted_host:linkrot.fypahedupal2-0maz.workers.dev OR contacted_host:cdn-analytics-p53.makeneg458.workers.dev OR contacted_host:cdn-analytics-3f4033.rosamariaeadeshtvfud.workers.dev OR contacted_host:cdn-assets-api.makeneg458.workers.dev OR contacted_host:cdn-assets-api.busykifukek2-8psk.workers.dev OR contacted_host:cdn-assets-api.cfchk902834.workers.dev OR contacted_host:cdn-assets-api.kessler-m88.workers.dev OR contacted_host:discuss-useable-catering.ngrok-free.dev OR domain:sync-node-serv.com

Provenance

Added: 2026-11-13 16:05
Rule anchor: the lure page's own code. It polls its Worker until the stager reports the document unblurred, and it reports each visit and each clipboard copy back to the Worker; every lure shares this code whatever document it shows. The copied command changed between versions, so it is not used. A second hunting rule, XaocMail_ClickFix_Stager, matches the PowerShell and HTA stagers that the command downloads. Search anchor: that rule and the Worker hosts used for the lures, the payloads, the link rotator, implant telemetry and the Havoc relay. Each recipient gets an 8-character link id, and the lure is served only for a valid id.

Sightings (21)Atom feed

HostScanScriptMatchScanned
cdn-analytics-p53.makeneg458.workers.dev154ad84e…—query2026-11-13 16:36
linkrot.fypahedupal2-0maz.workers.devd488ce5f…—query2026-11-13 16:36
cdn-analytics-p53.makeneg458.workers.dev626d4627…—query2026-11-13 16:32
linkrot.fypahedupal2-0maz.workers.dev456c72e4…—query2026-11-13 16:32
securedoc.mesuttgulerr573.workers.dev56589452…—query2026-11-13 16:14
securedoc.makeneg458.workers.dev2d72fd2f…—query2026-11-13 16:14
sync-node-serv.comb15f0ed9…—query2026-11-13 15:48
discuss-useable-catering.ngrok-free.dev0e893c18…—query2026-11-13 15:48
cdn-assets-api.kessler-m88.workers.dev32de4731…—query2026-11-13 15:48
cdn-assets-api.cfchk902834.workers.devfefae661…—query2026-11-13 15:48
securedoc-makeneg458.makeneg458.workers.dev7f295ed5…—query2026-11-13 15:48
google-securedocs.makeneg458.workers.dev51f8026a…—query2026-11-13 15:45
cdn-assets-api.busykifukek2-8psk.workers.devca539ad2…—query2026-11-13 15:45
cdn-assets-api.makeneg458.workers.dev55ff69bf…—query2026-11-13 15:45
cdn-analytics-3f4033.rosamariaeadeshtvfud.workers.dev0e9e0dc5…—query2026-11-13 15:45
cdn-analytics-p53.makeneg458.workers.dev97c9b4cf…—query2026-11-13 15:45
linkrot.fypahedupal2-0maz.workers.devc4423275…—query2026-11-13 15:45
securedoc.z0toh0byv1v2-iegp.workers.devb0a9f65e…—query2026-11-13 15:45
securedoc.f0fusulohaj3-dv02.workers.devf64c4519…—query2026-11-13 15:45
securedoc.mesuttgulerr573.workers.dev7a1e8037…—query2026-11-13 15:45
securedoc.makeneg458.workers.deve95ed58c…—query2026-11-13 15:45