MALWARE FAMILY

ZeroBot

Internal ID: elf.zerobot

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

ZeroBot is a Go-based botnet that spreads primarily through IoT and web application vulnerabilities. It is offered as malware as a service (MaaS) and infrastructure overlaps with DDoS-for-hire services seized by the FBI in December 2022.

Threat Analysis

ZeroBot 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://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2022/12/21/microsoft-research-uncovers-new-zerobot-capabilities/

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

elf.zerobot

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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