Exaramel for Linux

MITRE ATT&CK: S0401 View on attack.mitre.org

Aliases: Exaramel for Linux

First seen
2018-09-19 00:00:00
Malware type
backdoor
Family
Malware family
Operating systems
linux
Profile updated
2026-07-07 14:24:41

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector energy-and-utilities transportation-and-logistics

Context

Exaramel for Linux is a backdoor written in the Go Programming Language and compiled as a 64-bit ELF binary. The Windows version is tracked separately under Exaramel for Windows.

Detection coverage

  • 194 Sigma rules

Malware & tools used

  • Ingress Tool Transfer (attack-pattern)
  • System Owner/User Discovery (attack-pattern)
  • Web Protocols (attack-pattern)
  • Create or Modify System Process (attack-pattern)
  • Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information (attack-pattern)
  • Fallback Channels (attack-pattern)
  • Systemd Service (attack-pattern)
  • File Deletion (attack-pattern)
  • Setuid and Setgid (attack-pattern)
  • Encrypted/Encoded File (attack-pattern)
  • Unix Shell (attack-pattern)
  • Cron (attack-pattern)

Used by threat actors

Reports & references

  • ESET — New Telebots Backdoor Linking Industroyer Notpetya (report)
  • MITRE ATT&CK — S0401 (report)

External references