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TF-MAL-elf.watchbog

📛 Threat Title

Malware family: WatchBog

Category: WatchBog First seen: Last updated: Source: ThreatFox Malwares

Description

ThreatFox malware family `elf.watchbog`. Printable name: WatchBog.

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.watchbog VT: VT base fetch failed: HTTPError: 429 Client Error: Too Many Requests for url: https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/domains/elf.watchbog

IOC database

Type
domain
Value
elf.watchbog
First seen
Last seen
Attached to this threat
Appears in
1 threat
Description
Extracted from Threat TF-MAL-elf.watchbog

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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.watchbog

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Remediations (9)

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