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TF-MAL-elf.dark

📛 Threat Title

Malware family: Dark

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

Description

ThreatFox malware family `elf.dark`. Printable name: Dark. Aliases: Dark.IoT.

Indicators of Compromise (2)

Each indicator is enriched from the IOC database, threat-intel feed corroboration (Threat Hunt) and VirusTotal. Click one to expand.

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

IOC database

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

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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.dark

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

IOC database

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

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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/dark.iot

References (1)

Remediations (10)

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