TF-MAL-elf.pwnlnx
📛 Threat Title
Malware family: PWNLNX
Description
ThreatFox malware family `elf.pwnlnx`. Printable name: PWNLNX.
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.pwnlnx
VT: VT base fetch failed: HTTPError: 429 Client Error: Too Many Requests for url: https://www.virustotal.com/api/v3/domains/elf.pwnlnx
IOC database
- Type
- domain
- Value
elf.pwnlnx- First seen
- Last seen
- Attached to this threat
- Appears in
- 1 threat
- Description
- Extracted from Threat TF-MAL-elf.pwnlnx
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.pwnlnx
References (1)
- ThreatFox: IOCs for this family ThreatFox Malwares
Remediations (10)
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web:gbhackers.com
As cloud migration accelerates, threat actors are shifting their focus to Linux ELF malware , tailoring proven techniques for cloud environments. The rise of backdoors, wipers, and sophisticated evasion methods such as dynamic linker hijacking and rootkit functionality means defenders must stay ahead with advanced detection and response.
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web:intezer.com
The same technique has been used by the XOR.DDoS malware as referenced in the analysis by MalwareMustDie. Figure 3: Similarity between PWNLNX and RedXOR of the UID and GID used with "lchown" function call Overall flow and functionalities: The overall code flow, behavior, and capabilities of RedXOR are very similar to PWNLNX .
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web:malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de
Details for the PWNLNX malware family including references, samples and yara signatures.
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web:moonlock.com
The United States Department of Justice and the FBI announced that they remotely removed Chinese-linked malware from approximately 4,258 US-based computers and networks. The announcement comes at the conclusion of a multi-year international investigation and operation. The malware the FBI — working with French authorities — removed from American victims is the infamous and archaic PlugX ...
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web:thehackernews.com
Glutton malware by APT41 targets PHP systems globally, exploiting frameworks like Laravel and ThinkPHP, with unencrypted C2 communications.
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web:vblocalhost.com
The malware they analysed and named PWNLNX also used rootkits. In this case they were based on open-source rootkits that were available on GitHub. The rootkit gave the attackers the ability to hide both the malware's process and its network connections, making it hard to detect if the machine had been compromised.
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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.ncsc.gov.uk
How to defend organisations against malware or ransomware attacks.
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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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