MALWARE FAMILY
PITSOCK
Internal ID: elf.pitsock
1
aliases
Last seen:Mar 17, 2026
Intelligence Profile
According to Mandiant, this is backdoor which hooks the accept and setsockopt of the web process by modifying its procedure linkage table (PLT). This enables backdoor communication via the Unix socket /tmp/clientsDownload.sock when it receives a specific 48-byte magic byte sequence in the incoming buffer.
Threat Analysis
PITSOCK 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.pitsock
Research Links
Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.