Rakos
- First seen
- 2016-12-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- botnet, cryptominer
- Family
- Malware family
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 14:29:02
Context
Rakos is a malware family that primarily targets IoT devices to form a botnet, which can be used for various malicious activities including cryptocurrency mining. It mainly affects systems running on Linux.
Reports & references
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Elf.Rakos (report)
- ESET — New Linuxrakos Threat Devices Servers Ssh Scan (report)
- journal.cecyf.fr — 22 (report)