Boaxxe
- First seen
- 2014-01-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- botnet
- Family
- Malware family
- Last IoC activity
- 2026-06-27 02:01:04
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 13:23:42
Targeted industries: financial-services government-and-public-sector media-and-entertainment
Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:ca country_code:gb
Context
Boaxxe is a malware family known for its involvement in botnet activities, primarily targeting financial data and launching distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. It has been observed in campaigns against various sectors, exploiting systems in multiple regions.
Detection coverage
- 1 YARA rules
Detection rules
- MALPEDIA_Win_Boaxxe_Auto (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- ESET — Operation Windigo The Vivisection Of A Large Linux Server Side Credential Stealing Malware Campaign (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Boaxxe (report)