Netskope Threat Labs

ForkBomb

ATP Sandbox Adv. HeuristicsAV

ForkBomb is a detection name for denial-of-service scripts that rapidly create processes to exhaust system resources.

First seen
February 2022
Last seen
October 2026
Alert Name
Application.BAT.ForkBomb.1.Gen
Application.BAT.ForkBomb.2.Gen
Application.ForkBomb.2
Application.ForkBomb.3
Application.PY.ForkBomb.1.Gen
ByteCode-MSIL.Trojan.ForkBomb
Dropped:Application.BAT.ForkBomb.1.Gen
Dropped:Application.BAT.ForkBomb.2.Gen
Gen:Application.Heur.BAT.Mint.ForkBomb.1
Package.Trojan.ForkBomb