Dark Nexus

Internal ID: elf.darknexus

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

Malware family identifying elf.darknexus. Origin and technical characteristics tracked via Malpedia.

Threat Analysis

Dark Nexus is a malware family tracked by threat intelligence researchers and catalogued in the Malpedia dataset. It represents a distinct malicious software lineage with identifiable code characteristics, behaviors, and victimology.

External References

→https://www.stratosphereips.org/blog/2020/6/8/dark-nexus-the-old-the-new-and-the-ugly

→https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/21/l/the-evolution-of-iot-linux-malware-based-on-mitre-att&ck-ttps.html

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

elf.darknexus

Research Links

MITRE ATT&CK VirusTotal Google (news) Twitter/X search

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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