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Octopus

The author describes Octopus as an "open source, pre-operation C2 server based on python which can control an Octopus powershell agent through HTTP/S." It is different from the malware win.octopus wri

Octopus is a PowerShell malware family.

Background

Its author characterizes Octopus as an "open source, pre-operation C2 server based on python which can control an Octopus powershell agent through HTTP/S."

It should not be confused with the win.octopus malware, which is written in Delphi and attributed by Kaspersky Labs to DustSquad.

Source: Malpedia (Fraunhofer FKIE).