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ShadowStrike Phantom
What it is
ShadowStrike Phantom is a free, open-source Windows endpoint protection platform in pre-alpha and active development. Its minifilter driver is described as intercepting file read, write, create, and delete operations. An attack-chain tracker correlates kernel events across process trees, maps activity to MITRE ATT&CK, and provides real-time threat scoring. Listed detection areas include memory inspection, syscall tracing, network detection, anti-evasion, and ransomware protection. The platform also lists IOC lookups, STIX/TAXII feeds, and URL reputation. It defines more than 550 MITRE ATT&CK technique IDs, with 14 rules active and 18 pending. AI-enhanced detection is planned, while ML inference is described in the scan pipeline. Source code, kernel callbacks, detection rules, and heuristics are publicly auditable on GitHub under AGPL-3.0. The roadmap reports the kernel-driver phase at 97% complete and user-space engines at 76%; signing, scan engines, service-layer, and integration work remain. Planned products target consumers and enterprise endpoints.
For and against
For
- Open-source code and detection logic are publicly auditable
- Kernel events map to MITRE ATT&CK
- Includes memory, syscall, network, and ransomware detection
- Supports IOC, STIX/TAXII, and URL reputation features
- AGPL-3.0 licensing is provided
Against
- The maker labels it pre-alpha and not for production
- Only 14 detection rules are active
- Driver signing is still pending
- Several integrations and products remain planned
The verdict
ShadowStrike Phantom presents broad endpoint-detection goals with transparent code and roadmap status. Its pre-alpha stage and incomplete components make production deployment inappropriate according to the maker.
Who it suits
It is aimed at Windows endpoint protection users interested in an open-source, on-premises project. Phantom Home and Phantom EDR are planned consumer and enterprise products, not current releases.
On the record
- AI status
- AI-enhanced detection is marked planned on the homepage, which also describes ML inference in the scan pipeline as a capability.shadowstrike.dev · read 4 Oct 2026
- Behavioral detection
- Its attack-chain tracker correlates kernel events across process trees and maps activity to MITRE ATT&CK with real-time threat scoring.shadowstrike.dev · read 9 Oct 2026
- Behavior analysis
- The site says its attack-chain tracker correlates kernel events across process trees and maps them to MITRE ATT&CK.shadowstrike.dev · read 4 Oct 2026
- Detection coverage
- The site says 550+ MITRE ATT&CK technique IDs are defined, with 14 rules active and 18 pending.shadowstrike.dev · read 4 Oct 2026
- Development status
- The site describes Phantom as pre-alpha and says it is not for production use.shadowstrike.dev · read 9 Oct 2026
- Future integrations
- The planned Phantom XDR phase lists SIEM connectors for Elastic SIEM, Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, and OpenSearch, plus MISP and OpenCTI integrations.shadowstrike.dev · read 4 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The roadmap lists planned SIEM connectors for Elastic SIEM, Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, and OpenSearch, plus MISP and OpenCTI threat-intelligence integrations.shadowstrike.dev · read 9 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The roadmap describes Phantom Home as targeting consumers and Phantom EDR as targeting enterprise endpoints; both are planned products.shadowstrike.dev · read 9 Oct 2026
- Kernel monitoring
- Phantom Sensor uses a Windows minifilter driver to intercept file-system reads, writes, creates, and deletes.shadowstrike.dev · read 9 Oct 2026
- License
- The site links to an AGPL-3.0 license.shadowstrike.dev · read 4 Oct 2026
- Memory and syscall analysis
- Listed capabilities include detecting process injection and hollowing, shellcode, ROP chains, direct syscalls, and NTDLL integrity issues.shadowstrike.dev · read 9 Oct 2026
- Not for production
- The maker labels the product pre-alpha and not for production use.shadowstrike.dev · read 4 Oct 2026
- Product
- ShadowStrike Phantom is an open-source endpoint protection platform for Windows.shadowstrike.dev · read 9 Oct 2026
- Ransomware protection
- Listed ransomware features include honeypot file monitoring, shadow-copy protection, backup integrity checks, and entropy analysis.shadowstrike.dev · read 9 Oct 2026
- Roadmap
- The roadmap describes Phantom Home as consumer-focused and Phantom EDR as enterprise-focused, with both public betas planned in Phase 3.shadowstrike.dev · read 4 Oct 2026
- Roadmap status
- The roadmap says the kernel-driver phase is 97% complete, with driver signing pending, and user-space engines are 76% complete.shadowstrike.dev · read 9 Oct 2026
- Security infrastructure
- The architecture page describes AES-GCM and RSA-OAEP for IPC channel encryption and Authenticode validation for loaded modules.shadowstrike.dev · read 4 Oct 2026
- Support
- The site provides [email protected] and directs users to GitHub Discussions for community discussions.shadowstrike.dev · read 9 Oct 2026
