MALWARE FAMILY

EnemyBot

Internal ID: elf.enemybot

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

According to the Infosec Institute, EnemyBot is a dangerous IoT botnet that has made headlines in the last few weeks. This threat, which seems to be disseminated by the Keksec group, expanded its features by adding recent vulnerabilities discovered in 2022. It was designed to attack web servers, Android devices and content management systems (CMS) servers.

Threat Analysis

EnemyBot 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://cybersecurity.att.com/blogs/labs-research/rapidly-evolving-iot-malware-enemybot-now-targeting-content-management-system-servers

→https://cybersecurity.att.com/blogs/labs-research/shikitega-new-stealthy-malware-targeting-linux

→https://www.fortinet.com/blog/threat-research/enemybot-a-look-into-keksecs-latest-ddos-botnet

→https://www.securonix.com/blog/detecting-the-enemybot-botnet-advisory

→https://www.securonix.com/blog/detecting-the-enemybot-botnet-advisory/

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

elf.enemybot

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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