Bestiary

Circle I · Worms

• The Demon Morris, First Worm of the Net1988 · Dormant
• The Demon ILOVEYOU, the False Lover2000 · Dormant
• The Demon Code Red, Defacer of IIS2001 · Dormant
• The Demon Slammer, Lightning in a Single Packet2003 · Dormant
• The Demon Blaster, Who Rebooted Without Rest2003 · Dormant
• The Demon Sasser, Who Came Uninvited2004 · Dormant
• The Demon Mydoom, Swiftest of the Cursed Postmen2004 · Dormant
• The Demon Conficker, Lord of Generated Domains2008 · Dormant

Circle II · Legions (botnets)

• The Demon Mirai, Shepherd of Cameras2016 · Active
• The Demon Emotet, Doorkeeper for Every Malware2014 · Exorcised
• The Demon GameOver Zeus, Zeus Without a Central Olympus2011 · Exorcised
• The Demon Qakbot, the Duck That Hijacked Conversations2007 · Exorcised
• The Demon TrickBot, Juggler of Wizard Spider2016 · Exorcised
• The Demon Necurs, High Priest of Spam2012 · Dormant

Circle III · Ransomware and extortion

• The Demon CryptoLocker, Father of All Ransoms2013 · Exorcised
• The Demon WannaCry, the Worm That Wept in Bitcoin2017 · Dormant
• The Demon Ryuk, Big-Game Hunter2018 · Dormant
• The Demon REvil, the Franchised Blackmailer2019 · Exorcised
• The Demon Conti, Bookkeeper of Evil2019 · Dormant
• The Demon LockBit, Prince of the Leak Sites2019 · Exorcised
• The Demon Cl0p, Thief of Transfers2019 · Active
• The Demon BlackCat, the Rusty Black Cat2021 · Exorcised
• The Demon DarkSide, Who Drained a Pipeline2020 · Dormant
• The Demon Hive, Queen of an Infiltrated Hive2021 · Exorcised
• The Demon Maze, Inventor of the Pillory2019 · Dormant

Circle IV · Destroyers (wipers)

• The Demon Shamoon, Eraser of the Gulf2012 · Dormant
• The Demon NotPetya, the False Blackmailer2017 · Dormant
• The Demon Olympic Destroyer, Saboteur of Ceremonies2018 · Dormant
• The Demon WhisperGate, the Whisper Before the War2022 · Dormant
• The Demon HermeticWiper, on the Eve of the Invasion2022 · Dormant
• The Demon AcidRain, the Rain That Killed the Modems2022 · Dormant

Circle V · State espionage

• The Demon Stuxnet, Who Made Centrifuges Dizzy2010 · Dormant
• The Demon Flame, the Fake Update2012 · Dormant
• The Demon Duqu, Brother of Stuxnet2011 · Dormant
• The Demon Regin, the Silent One2008 · Dormant
• The Demon Pegasus, the Winged Horse Without a Click2016 · Active
• The Demon Industroyer, Who Switched Off Kyiv2016 · Dormant
• The Demon TRITON, Enemy of Safety Systems2017 · Dormant
• The Demon Snake, the Twenty-Year Serpent2003 · Exorcised
• The Demon Sandworm, the Worm of the Sands2009 · Active
• The Demon Lazarus, Who Rises for Money2009 · Active

Circle VI · Banking trojans and infostealers

• The Demon Zeus, Father of a Lineage of Trojans2007 · Dormant
• The Demon Dridex, Cashier of Evil Corp2014 · Dormant
• The Demon Carbanak, Bank Robber in Slippers2013 · Exorcised
• The Demon RedLine, Password Thief for Hire2020 · Exorcised
• The Demon Lumma, the Fake CAPTCHA2022 · Exorcised
• The Demon Raccoon, Bandit of Passwords2019 · Exorcised

Scourges

• The Plague of the Morris Worm1988
• The Great Silence of AT&T1990 · No culprit
• The Pestilence of Melissa1999
• The Scourge of Mafiaboy2000
• The Poisoned Love Letter2000
• The Red Scourge of Code Red2001
• The Scourge of Nimda, Admin Backwards2001
• The Great Plague of Slammer2003
• The Scourge of Blaster, the Rebooter2003
• The Scourge of MyDoom2004
• The Scourge of Sasser2004
• The Siege of Tallinn2007
• The Scourge of Conficker2008
• The Scourge of Aurora2010
• The Scourge of Stuxnet2010
• The Scourge of the Betrayed Token2011
• The Great Silence of the PlayStation2011
• The Scourge of the Flame2012
• The Downfall of Knight Capital2012 · No culprit
• The Scourge of Shamoon2012
• The Scourge of the Christmas Target2013
• The Scourge of the Guardians of Peace2014
• The Scourge of the Federal Files2015
• Winter Darkness in Ukraine2015
• The Great Bangladesh Bank Heist2016
• The Scourge of Mirai2016
• The Scourge of Industroyer2016
• The Great Plague of WannaCry2017
• The Scourge of NotPetya2017
• The Scourge of Equifax2017
• The Scourge of TRITON, Enemy of Safety2017
• The Scourge of SamSam in Atlanta2018
• The Scourge of LockerGoga at Norsk Hydro2019
• The Scourge of the Misconfigured Cloud2019
• The Scourge of the Doubled Bitcoin2020
• In Memoriam: the Attack on Düsseldorf University Hospital2020
• The Scourge of SUNBURST2020
• The Scourge of ProxyLogon2021
• The Scourge of the Pipeline2021
• The Scourge of Ireland's Health Service2021
• The Great Eclipse of Fastly2021 · No culprit
• The Scourge of Kaseya2021
• The Day Facebook Vanished2021 · No culprit
• The Great Scourge of Log4Shell2021
• The Scourge of the Satellite Modems2022
• The Scourge of Costa Rica2022
• The Scourge of MOVEit2023
• The Scourge of MGM, When the House Lost2023
• The Scourge of the British Library2023
• The Scourge of Change Healthcare2024
• In Memoriam: the Synnovis Attack2024
• The Scourge of the Car Dealers2024
• The Friday of the Blue Screens2024 · No culprit
• The Great Bybit Heist2025
• The Scourge of Jaguar Land Rover2025
• The Day us-east-1 Fell Silent2025 · No culprit

Miracles

• The Miracle of Kaminsky's Patch2008
• The Miracle of Rustock's Silence2011
• The Miracle of the Coreflood Stop2011
• The Miracle of Operation Tovar2014
• The Miracle of No More Ransom2016
• The Miracle of the Halted Avalanche2016
• The Miracle of MalwareTech's Domain2017
• The Miracle of the Ladybird2021
• The Miracle of the Recovered Ransom2021
• The Miracle of the Universal Key2021
• The Miracle of the Log4Shell Report2021
• The Miracle of the Bitfinex Bitcoin2022
• The Miracle of the Emptied Hive2023
• The Miracle of the Duck Hunt2023
• The Miracle of Operation Cronos2024
• The Miracle of the 500 Milliseconds2024
• The Miracle of Operation Endgame2024

Fathers of the Church

• Saint 2600 Hz, Church Father of the Injectors1954
• Saint Trusting Trust, Father of the Church1984
• Saint TCP Sequence Prediction, Father of the Church1985
• Saint Morris, Church Father and First of the Worms1988
• Saint NeXT 'me' User, Father of the Church1991
• Saint rlogin -froot, Father of the Church1994
• Saint Mitnick, Father of the Christmas Attack1994
• Saint Netscape of Chance, Father of the Church1995
• Saint phf, Father of the Church1996
• Saint SYN Flood, Father of the Church1996
• Saint Ping of Death, Father of the Church1996
• Saint WinNuke, Apostle of the Blue Screen1997
• Saint F00F, Church Father Who Froze the Pentium1997
• Saint Teardrop, Father of the Church1997
• Saint Land, Church Father Who Talked to Himself1997
• Saint Smurf, Father of the Church and Multiplier of Pings1998
• Saint Bleichenbacher Million Message Attack, Father of the Church1998

Blesseds

• Blessed BLACKNURSE, Who Felled Firewalls With Little2016
• Blessed FortiBleed2026
• Blessed DoubleAgent, Who Played Both Sides2017
• Blessed DirtyTooth, Who Eavesdropped Through the Speakers2017
• Blessed doorLock2022
• Blessed BREACH2013
• Blessed SpamChannel2023
• Blessed Randstorm2023
• Blessed Sitting Duck, Who Left Domains Defenceless2024
• Blessed Sadlock2016
• Blessed Squiblydoo, Who Spoke in the Voice of Trusted Programs2016
• Blessed Cloudbleed, Who Bled Into the Cache2017
• Blessed Gargoyle2017
• Blessed ZipperDown, Who Unzipped the Apps2018
• Blessed Hole196, the Hole at the Foot of Page 1962010
• Blessed Hell's Gate2020
• Blessed ReVoLTE2020
• Blessed Light Commands2020
• Blessed Phwned2015
• Blessed NoToken / BadCSRF2016
• Blessed SHAttered, Who Broke SHA-12017
• Blessed BitErrant, Pilgrim of the Torrent2017
• Blessed Ring-Road, Who Measured Passwords From Outside2017
• Blessed Antbleed2017
• Blessed GhostHook, Who Slipped Past the Kernel Guard2017
• Blessed Golden SAML2017
• Blessed SirenJack, Who Stole the Sirens' Voice2018
• Blessed CarsBlues2018
• Blessed SMoTherSpectre, Who Listened to the Branch2019
• Blessed Simjacker2019
• Blessed SiteCloak2020
• Blessed EtherOops2020
• Blessed tsuNAME2021
• Blessed VoltPillager2021
• Blessed Spook.js, Specter of the Browser2021
• Blessed Key Overwriting (KO)2022
• Blessed MEGA-awry, Who Opened the Encrypted Vault2022
• Blessed SGX.Fail, Who Counted the Enclave's Falls2022
• Blessed Blank Image2023
• Blessed BlueTrust2023

Minor saints

• Saint WHILL, Who Paired With Anyone2026
• Saint EVO Nano, Who Lost His Compass2024
• Saint Smart Toilet, Who Left Debug Open2025
• Saint Colourful Keyboard, Who Blushed at Every Key2007
• Saint FortiClient, Who Signed the Key With His Own Name2015
• Saint Dota 2, of the Custom Maps2020
• Saint Energizer DUO, of the Charger With a Back Door2010
• Saint Energetic, Protector of Wireless2017
• Saint PX4 Geofence, the Drone That Ignored the Signs2024
• Saint M365 Scooter, Who Accelerated on His Own2019
• Saint Giphy, Who Saved GIFs Wherever2020
• Saint Better Zip Bomb, Who Exploded Without Nesting2019
• Saint xtrlock Multitouch, Who Let You Touch the Locked Screen2019
• Saint Nokia OBEX, Who Fell for a Filename2005
• Saint Dual_EC_DRBG, of Suspicious Randomness2013
• Saint Deck Mate 2, Who Shuffled With the Cards Face Up2025
• Saint Ovulation Calculator Plugin2025
• Saint Zero, Who Signed Every Message2021
• Saint Harmony Hub, With Spare Keys in the House2018
• Saint Fermax, Who Opened the Door With the Right Tone2019
• Saint HomeKit Smart Lock2017
• Saint BiSecur, Who Opened Garages With a Single Whisper2017