Windigo has used a script to gather credentials in files left on disk by OpenSSH backdoors.3
group
Windigo G0124
- Created
- 10 February 2021
- Last modified
- 31 July 2026
- Alias
- Windigo
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.[1][2]
7
TechniquesBottom 24%
5
Tactics26th pct
1
Tool or malwareBottom 23%
0
CampaignsNone recorded
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference G0124
Windigo has used a script to detect which Linux distribution and version is currently installed on the system.5
Windigo has used a script to check for the presence of files created by OpenSSH backdoors.6
Windigo has delivered a generic Windows proxy Win32/Glubteta.M. Windigo has also used multiple reverse proxy chains as part of their C2 infrastructure.7
Windigo has distributed Windows malware via drive-by downloads.8
Standing G0124
Reach is how much of ATT&CK this group touches. Coverage is how well defended each thing it does is, as a median per technique rather than a total — a total would just restate the reach. Each figure is ranked against all 176 ATT&CK groups only where that population actually spreads. Where most of the population shares one value, a percentile would rank the tie instead of the entity, so the raw value is shown and no rank is claimed.
Reach
Techniques7Bottom 24%
24th percentile · 76% of 176 ATT&CK groups have more Enterprise techniques.
Tactics526th pct
26th percentile · 74% of 176 ATT&CK groups have more tactics spanned.
Tool or malware1Bottom 23%
23rd percentile · 77% of 176 ATT&CK groups have more tools and malware.
Campaigns089% tie · 4 values
89% of the population shares a single value across only 4 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Coverage
Rules / technique29medTop 24%
76th percentile · 76% of 176 ATT&CK groups have this many detection rules per technique or fewer.
Tests / technique3med
Detection coverage G0124
281 distinct rules cover the 7 techniques recorded for this group. The 290 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 281 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 195 Sigma · 86 Splunk.
7 covered by at least one rule281 distinct rules in total
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