TF-MAL-elf.pitsock
📛 Threat Title
Malware family: PITSOCK
Description
ThreatFox malware family `elf.pitsock`. Printable name: PITSOCK.
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.pitsock
VT: VT base fetch failed: HTTPError: 429 Client Error: Too Many Requests for url: https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/domains/elf.pitsock
IOC database
- Type
- domain
- Value
elf.pitsock- First seen
- Last seen
- Attached to this threat
- Appears in
- 1 threat
- Description
- Extracted from Threat TF-MAL-elf.pitsock
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.pitsock
References (1)
- ThreatFox: IOCs for this family ThreatFox Malwares
Remediations (10)
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web:advisory.eventussecurity.com
Furthermore, the malware hooks into the web server process using libaprhelper.so ( PITSOCK ), enabling covert communication channels for command-and-control operations. The injection of backdoor functionality extends to SparkGateway plugins, exemplified by security.jar (PITDOG), which employs Kubo Injector for memory manipulation and persistence.
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web:cloud.google.com
The mitigation bypass is now tracked as CVE-2024-21893. It is a server-side request forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in the SAML component of Ivanti Connect Secure (CS), Policy Secure (PS), and Neurons for Zero Trust Access (NZTA) appliances that was addressed in the patches and mitigations released on Jan. 31, 2024.
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web:fieldeffect.com
Researchers have identified a new Charming Kitten campaign in which the Iran-linked group has relied heavily on a social engineering technique known as multi-persona impersonation (MPI).
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web:malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de
According to Mandiant, this is backdoor which hooks the accept and setsockopt of the web process by modifying its procedure linkage table (PLT). This enables backdoor communication via the Unix socket /tmp/clientsDownload.sock when it receives a specific 48-byte magic byte sequence in the incoming buffer.
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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.boozallen.com
The ability to quickly pin down the family of malware used during a cyber attack can be a massive boon to an incident responder. Not only does family classification provide immediate insights about the characteristics and behaviors of a malware sample, but it is a core part of the triage, remediation , and attribution efforts.
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web:www.breachsense.com
Complete malware remediation now requires addressing both the infected endpoint and the stolen authentication data. Your malware incident response playbook must account for both.
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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.nature.com
This study proposes a hierarchical deep learning framework for Portable Executable (PE) malware detection and family categorization, underpinned by a novel Doubly Regularized Binary Cross-Entropy ...
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web:www.ncsc.gov.uk
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