MALWARE FAMILY
Octopus
Internal ID: ps1.octopus
1
aliases
Last seen:Mar 17, 2026
Intelligence Profile
The author describes Octopus as an "open source, pre-operation C2 server based on python which can control an Octopus powershell agent through HTTP/S."
It is different from the malware win.octopus written in Delphi and attributed to DustSquad by Kaspersky Labs.
Threat Analysis
Octopus 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
ps1.octopus
Research Links
Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.