IPStorm (ELF)

Aliases: InterPlanetary Storm

Malware type
botnet, worm
Family
Malware family
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:59:22

Targeted industries: technology-and-telecommunications

Context

IPStorm, also known as InterPlanetary Storm, is a botnet malware leveraging peer-to-peer communication for its operations. It primarily targets IoT devices and exploits vulnerabilities to spread across networks.

Reports & references

  • intezer.com — Top Linux Cloud Threats Of 2020 (report)
  • bitdefender.com — Bitdefender Whitepaper Ipstorm (report)
  • justice.gov — Russian And Moldovan National Pleads Guilty Operating Illegal Botnet Proxy Service (report)
  • blackberry.com — Report Bb 2021 Threat Report (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Elf.Ipstorm (report)
  • maldbg.com — Ipstorm Golang Malware Windows (report)
  • anomali.com — The Interplanetary Storm New Malware In Wild Using Interplanetary File Systems Ipfs P2P Network (report)
  • intezer.com — A Storm Is Brewing Ipstorm Now Has Linux Malware (report)

External references