Caligula
- Malware type
- botnet, ddos
- Family
- Malware family
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 14:21:55
Context
According to Avast Decoded, Caligula is an IRC multiplatform bot that allows to perform DDoS attacks. It is written in Go and distributed in ELF files targeting Intel 32/64bit code, as well as ARM 32bit and PowerPC 64bit. It is based on the Hellabot open source project.
Reports & references
- decoded.avast.io — Go Malware On The Rise (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Elf.Caligula (report)