The Reveal Platform
Intel Name: Hpingbot: a new botnet family based on pastebin payload delivery chain and hping3 ddos module
Date of Scan: July 11, 2025
Impact: High
Summary: Hpingbot is a newly discovered, cross-platform botnet family written in Go, actively spreading since June 2025. Designed for Windows, Linux, and IoT devices, it supports multiple architectures including amd64, ARM, MIPS, and 80386. Unlike variants based on Mirai or Gafgyt, Hpingbot is built from scratch, showing advanced innovation and efficiency. It leverages Pastebin for payload delivery and hping3 for launching stealthy and low-cost DDoS attacks. While the Windows version doesn’t directly use hping3, its high activity suggests a focus on downloading and executing additional payloads. This indicates a broader strategy by threat actors to use Hpingbot as an infrastructure foothold for deploying other malicious components—mirroring trends seen in recent APT and ransomware operations.
