APT / THREAT GROUP

LiquorBot

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

BitDefender tracked the development of a Mirai-inspired botnet, dubbed LiquorBot, which seems to be actively in development and has recently incorporated Monero cryptocurrency mining features. Interestingly, LiquorBot is written in Go (also known as Golang), which offers some programming advantages over traditional C-style code, such as memory safety, garbage collection, structural typing, and even CSP-style concurrency.

Threat Analysis

LiquorBot is a known-sophistication threat actor of undetermined national origin, engaged in cyber operations with a primary motivation of unknown activity patterns.

External References

→https://labs.bitdefender.com/2020/01/hold-my-beer-mirai-spinoff-named-liquorbot-incorporates-cryptomining/

→https://www.zdnet.com/article/naive-iot-botnet-wastes-its-time-mining-cryptocurrency/

Quick Facts

TypeAPT / Threat Group

Aliases2

Also Known As

LiquorBotelf.liquorbot

External Intelligence

Malpedia: elf.liquorbot

Research Links

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Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.

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