Shishiga

Malware type
backdoor, dropper
Family
Malware family
Profile updated
2026-07-07 14:29:42

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector education-and-nonprofits

Context

Shishiga is a modular malware family designed primarily as a dropper and backdoor. It is known to target government and educational institutions, leveraging its capabilities to deploy additional malicious payloads and maintain persistence on infected systems.

Reports & references

  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Elf.Shishiga (report)
  • ESET — Linux Shishiga Malware Using Lua Scripts (report)

External references