MALWARE FAMILY
LAMEHUG
Internal ID: py.lamehug
1
aliases
Last seen:Mar 17, 2026
Intelligence Profile
According to CERT-UA, LAMEHUG uses an LLM (Qwen) to dynamically generate commands to gather basic information about a computer and recursively exfiltrate Office documents from a set of folders, to be uploaded either by SFTP or HTTP POST requests.
Threat Analysis
LAMEHUG 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
py.lamehug
Research Links
Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.