Complete XWorm Version History
A chronological timeline of XWorm from 2022 through 2026, distinguishing official, modified, cracked, and trojanized builds.
Independently observed in public malware-analysis systems during 2026. ANY.RUN analyzed a sample April 2, 2026; independent research May 14, 2026 documented a multi-stage infection delivering 7.4.
FortiGuard Labs documented XWorm 7.2 in a multilingual business-themed phishing campaign. Infection chain used malicious Excel exploiting CVE-2018-0802. Version info: UD_XWormClient 7.2.
Trellix reported a modified XWorm 6.4 builder appearing in August 2025, with source located for the modified branch. Not an original-developer release.
Advertised June 4, 2025 by XCoderTools. Trellix reported substantial recoding and a highly modular architecture with 35+ plugin-related capabilities. June 27, 2025: cracked 6.0 builder appeared publicly.
Major widely circulated version during 2024. Trellix reported development associated with XCoder continued through 5.6. Late 2024: original XCoder account reportedly deleted and official support stopped.
Early generations publicly analyzed and commercially advertised. Trellix reported versions 4.1, 4.2 and 5.0 advertised for approximately $400 in 2023.

