Cadelspy
MITRE ATT&CK: S0454 View on attack.mitre.org
Aliases: Cadelle, Cadelspy
- First seen
- 2014-01-01 00:00:00
- Malware type
- backdoor
- Family
- Malware family
- Operating systems
- windows
- Related IoCs
- 1 (1 malicious)
- Last IoC activity
- 2026-08-05 00:30:45
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 12:49:54
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector healthcare-and-pharmaceutical energy-and-utilities technology-and-telecommunications
Targeted regions: country_code:ir country_code:us
Context
Cadelspy is a backdoor that has been used by APT39.
Recent IoC activity
1 malicious indicator in Maltiverse are attributed to Cadelspy (S0454). The 1 most recently updated:
| Type | Indicator | Updated | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| file sample | 2026-06-04_bedab9fb22e8edcadd157531bd7ddfef_cadelspy_glassworm_ngrbot_qilin_stealc | 2026-08-05 | 1 |
Detection coverage
- 2 YARA rules
- 61 Sigma rules
Malware & tools used
- Application Window Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Keylogging (attack-pattern)
- Archive Collected Data (attack-pattern)
- Clipboard Data (attack-pattern)
- Audio Capture (attack-pattern)
- System Information Discovery (attack-pattern)
- Screen Capture (attack-pattern)
- Peripheral Device Discovery (attack-pattern)
Used by threat actors
- APT39 (threat-actor)
Detection rules
- MALPEDIA_Win_Cadelspy_Auto (yara-rule)
- ARKBIRD_SOLG_MAL_Cadelspy_Stealer_May_2021_1 (yara-rule)
Reports & references
- Broadcom/Symantec — Iran Based Attackers Use Back Door Threats Spy Middle Eastern Targets (report)
- malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Cadelspy (report)
- web.archive.org — Iran Based Attackers Use Back Door Threats Spy Middle Eastern Targets (report)
- Broadcom/Symantec — Cadelspy Remexi Ioc (report)
- MITRE ATT&CK — S0454 (report)