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Mallory pivots from this family to the IOCs, detections, and named campaigns that touch your stack, and pages you when something new lands.
1 CVE Mallory has correlated with this family across public research and vendor advisories. Each row links to the full Mallory page for that vulnerability.
In this post we'll be focusing on a certain kind of malware: Linux/Xor.DDoS (also known as DDoS.XOR or Xorddos).
1 distinct threat actor attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.
In this post we'll be focusing on a certain kind of malware: Linux/Xor.DDoS (also known as DDoS.XOR or Xorddos).
10 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.
11 indicators attributed across vendor reports, sandbox runs, and researcher write-ups. Full values are available in Mallory.
IPs, domains, and DNS infrastructure linked to this family.
File hashes (MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256) from samples and reports.
2 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
An older Linux DDoS malware family whose persistence mechanism is shared by ChachaDDoS. The report identifies code reuse but does not establish whether the families have the same author. Unlike ChachaDDoS, this older family is contrasted with its multistage, Lua-based design.
A multi-platform, polymorphic Linux ELF malware with rootkit capabilities whose ultimate goal is to conduct DDoS attacks against targets chosen by its operators. It uses heavy XOR encryption in both the malware and its C2 communications, persists via copies in system paths and cron jobs, and may spread through brute-forced SSH credentials or exploitation of vulnerable services.
Match every observed IP, domain, and hash against your live telemetry.
Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.
CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.
Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.