Gitpaste-12

First seen
2020-10-01 00:00:00
Malware type
botnet, cryptominer, worm
Family
Malware family
Profile updated
2026-07-07 14:25:12

Targeted industries: technology-and-telecommunications energy-and-utilities

Context

Gitpaste-12 is a modular malware first observed in October 2020 targeting Linux based x86 servers, as well as Linux ARM and MIPS based IoT devices. It uses GitHub and Pastebin as dead drop C2 locations.

Reports & references

  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Elf.Gitpaste12 (report)
  • blogs.juniper.net — Gitpaste 12 (report)

External references