Cataloged
IdentityTracking identifier: G0124
Reviewed identity mapping approved on this date.
Windigo
Tracked as
G0124
The Windigo group has been operating since at least 2011, compromising thousands of Linux and Unix servers using the Ebury SSH backdoor to create a spam botnet. Despite law enforcement intervention against the creators, Windigo operators continued updating Ebury through 2019.
Activity timeline
A dated ledger of actor-claimed victims, campaigns, indicators, identity mappings, relationships, and CVE links. Each date states what it measures. For extensive leak-site histories, victim entries are limited to the 100 most recent distinct listings.
Identity and attribution
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Name map
WindigoCanonical Name
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