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MALWARE FAMILY

Hand of Thief

Internal ID: elf.hand_of_thief
1
aliases
Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

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

Threat Analysis

Hand of Thief 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://blog.avast.com/2013/08/27/linux-trojan-hand-of-thief-ungloved/
→https://web.archive.org/web/20130815040638/https://blogs.rsa.com/thieves-reaching-for-linux-hand-of-thief-trojan-targets-linux-inth3wild/

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family
Aliases1

Also Known As

elf.hand_of_thief

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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