Bitsran

Aliases: SHADYCAT

Malware type
dropper, ransomware
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:46:21

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector financial-services professional-services

Context

SHADYCAT is a dropper and spreader component for the HERMES 2.1 RANSOMWARE radical edition.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Bitsran_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • Mandiant — Rpt Apt38 (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Bitsran (report)
  • proofpoint.com — Pfpt Us Wp North Korea Bitten By Bitcoin Bug 180129 (report)
  • baesystemsai.blogspot.de — Taiwan Heist Lazarus Tools (report)

External references