TF-MAL-elf.caligula
📛 Threat Title
Malware family: Caligula
Description
ThreatFox malware family `elf.caligula`. Printable name: Caligula.
Indicators of Compromise (1)
Each indicator is enriched from the IOC database, threat-intel feed corroboration (Threat Hunt) and VirusTotal. Click one to expand.
domain
elf.caligula
VT: VT base fetch failed: HTTPError: 429 Client Error: Too Many Requests for url: https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/domains/elf.caligula
IOC database
- Type
- domain
- Value
elf.caligula- First seen
- Last seen
- Attached to this threat
- Appears in
- 1 threat
- Description
- Extracted from Threat TF-MAL-elf.caligula
Threat Hunt — feed corroboration
Not present in any configured threat-intel feed.
Details From VirusTotal
VirusTotal: VT base fetch failed: HTTPError: 429 Client Error: Too Many Requests for url: https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/domains/elf.caligula
References (1)
- ThreatFox: IOCs for this family ThreatFox Malwares
Remediations (10)
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web:dl.acm.org
FSDA introduces pertinent family -specific features into long-tailed classes, enabling effective classification of malware belonging to such families. Specifically, the methodology initially leverages long-tailed distributed data to train the model's backbone and classifier.
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web:malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de
According to Avast Decoded, Caligula is an IRC multiplatform bot that allows to perform DDoS attacks. It is written in Go and distributed in ELF files targeting Intel 32/64bit code, as well as ARM 32bit and PowerPC 64bit. It is based on the Hellabot open source project.
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web:windowsforum.com
The emergence of RESURGE signals more than just another entry in a long line of malware threats. According to CISA, RESURGE contains advanced persistence features inherited from the SPAWNCHIMERA malware family—a group notorious for its ability to survive system reboots and avoid simplistic remediation .
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web:www.cisa.gov
It highlights technical approaches to uncovering malicious activity and includes mitigation steps according to best practices. The purpose of this report is to enhance incident response among partners and network administrators along with serving as a playbook for incident investigation.
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web:www.f-secure.com
Technical details and removal instructions for programs and files detected by F-Secure products.
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web:www.fortinet.com
FortiGuard Labs discovered new Symbiote and BPFDoor variants exploiting eBPF filters to enhance stealth through IPv6 support, UDP traffic, and dynamic port hopping for covert C2 communication.
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web:www.gendigital.com
For more information on how Caligula bot source code is organized, check the source code file listing available in the appendix. It can be useful for getting a high level perspective on the malware design, notice that new attack methods can be easily added to it and identify the Caligula malware family .
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web:www.ncsc.gov.uk
How to defend organisations against malware or ransomware attacks.
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web:www.researchgate.net
Prevention and detection of eBPF-based malware is also explored, with the goal of providing organizations or legitimate users of eBPF techniques to harden their systems against eBPF-based malware ...
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web:www.wordfence.com
The Wordfence Threat Intelligence Team recently identified an interesting malware family on May 16, 2025 during a site clean. This malware family shared a codebase but varied in features across different versions, including credit card skimming and WordPress credential theft. Most surprisingly, one variant incorporated a live backend system hosted directly on infected websites for attacker use ...
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