Inside the Malware, Tactics, and Infrastructure Driving Handala’s Cyber Operations.

Handala has escalated from hacktivism to sophisticated cyber warfare, targeting critical infrastructure, supply chains, and government agencies with stealth malware and persistent intrusions.

In this technical report, OP Innovate’s researchers reverse-engineered Handala’s malware, revealing:

• Indicators of Compromise (IOCs) – YARA rules and threat intelligence to stay ahead.
• Malware internals – decompiling obfuscated binaries, unpacking payloads, and exposing custom-built evasion techniques.
• C2 infrastructure & exfiltration – Telegram, cloud storage, and proxy-based stealth operations.
• AI-powered analysis – how our machine learning models automated decryption, reverse engineering, and IOC detection to stay ahead.
• Stealth techniques – obfuscation, evasion, and persistence methods designed to bypass detection.