Threat Specimen Archive

The encyclopedia of malware.

Families, history, timelines, capabilities and indicators — cross-linked with the breaches they caused and the teardowns that explain them.

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Families: 03
Types: 03
Variants: 01
Active: 01

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Emotet
Disrupted
Banking trojan / Loader
A modular banking trojan turned prolific malware-as-a-service loader, infamous for malspam campaigns and for dropping ransomware payloads before its 2021 takedown.
LockBit
Disrupted
Ransomware
A ransomware-as-a-service operation that became the most deployed ransomware strain worldwide, known for fast encryption, an affiliate model, and double extortion.
Mirai
Active
Botnet / Worm
A self-propagating IoT botnet that hijacks Linux-based devices using default credentials, powering some of the largest DDoS attacks ever recorded.

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