MALWARE FAMILY
PITHOOK
Internal ID: elf.pithook
1
aliases
Last seen:Mar 17, 2026
Intelligence Profile
According to Mandiant, PITHOOK hooks the accept and accept4 functions within the web process by modifying the PLT. When PITHOOK receives a buffer matching the predefined magic byte sequence, it will duplicate the socket and forward it to PITSTOP over the Unix domain socket /data/runtime/cockpit/wd.fd.
Threat Analysis
PITHOOK 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
Quick Facts
TypeMalware Family
Aliases1
Also Known As
elf.pithook
Research Links
Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.