Hunting for APT37: Zoho WorkDrive Abuse
2026-03-01 • Knowyouradversary •
https://www.knowyouradversary.ru/2026/03/378-hunting-for-apt37-zoho-workdrive.html
Know Your Adversary describes APT37 activity tracked as Squid Werewolf using the RESTLEAF implant with abuse of Zoho WorkDrive, a legitimate cloud file-management and collaboration platform. The excerpt focuses on proactive hunting for communications to workdrive.zohoexternal.com, especially DNS telemetry recorded as dnsreqwin events. The tradecraft matters because use of a trusted SaaS platform can blend into normal enterprise network activity and may require defenders to separate expected Zoho WorkDrive usage from suspicious APT37-linked communications.
Indicators of Compromise
| Type | Value | First Seen | Last Seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOMAIN | workdrive.zohoexternal.com | 2026-03-01 | 2026-03-01 |