While official development reportedly ceased with v5.6, the malware remains actively distributed through phishing and Telegram-based marketplaces. Key Capabilities

Cybercriminals rarely send the raw ZIP file directly. Instead, they embed the built payload through:

Recent security alerts have identified versions of "XWorm-5.6-FULL-Source-Code" hosted on platforms like GitHub, which may themselves be "poisoned" to infect the person downloading the source code.