elf.wellmess

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

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

Threat Analysis

elf.wellmess 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.talosintelligence.com/2020/08/attribution-puzzle.html

→https://blogs.jpcert.or.jp/en/2018/07/malware-wellmes-9b78.html

→https://community.riskiq.com/article/541a465f/description

→https://securelist.com/an-overview-of-targeted-attacks-and-apts-on-linux/98440/

→https://securelist.com/apt-trends-report-q2-2020/97937/

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

elf.wellmess

External Intelligence

Malpedia: elf.wellmess

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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