MALWARE FAMILY
Sockbot
Internal ID: win.sockbot
1
aliases
Last seen:Mar 17, 2026
Intelligence Profile
Sockbot is a customized and in Go written fork of the Ligolo reverse tunneling open-source
tool. Several modification were performed by the threat actors who rewrote that code, e.g. execution checks, hardcoded values.
Ligolo: https://github.com/sysdream/ligolo
Threat Analysis
Sockbot 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
win.sockbot
Research Links
Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.