MALWARE FAMILY

P2Pinfect

Internal ID: elf.p2pinfect

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

P2Pinfect is a fast-growing multi platform botnet, the purpose of which is still unknown. Written in Rust, it is compatible with Windows and Linux, including a MIPS variant for Linux based routers and IoT devices. It is capable of brute forcing SSH logins and exploiting Redis servers in order to propagate itself both to random IPs on the internet and to hosts it can find references to in files present on the infected system.

Threat Analysis

P2Pinfect 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://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/peer-to-peer-worm-p2pinfect/

→https://www.cadosecurity.com/blog/from-dormant-to-dangerous-p2pinfect-evolves-to-deploy-new-ransomware-and-cryptominer

→https://www.cadosecurity.com/cado-security-labs-researchers-witness-a-600x-increase-in-p2pinfect-traffic/

→https://www.cadosecurity.com/p2pinfect-new-variant-targets-mips-devices/

→https://www.cadosecurity.com/redis-p2pinfect/

→https://www.nozominetworks.com/blog/p2pinfect-worm-evolves-to-target-a-new-platform

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

elf.p2pinfect

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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