Salgorea

Aliases: BadCake

First seen
2021-06-15 00:00:00
Malware type
rat
Family
Malware family
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:50:34

Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector technology-and-telecommunications

Targeted regions: country_code:us country_code:ca

Context

Salgorea, also known as BadCake, is a remote access trojan often used in cyber-espionage campaigns targeting government and technology sectors primarily in North America. It provides attackers with backdoor access and control over the compromised systems.

Detection coverage

  • 1 YARA rules

Detection rules

  • MALPEDIA_Win_Salgorea_Auto (yara-rule)

Reports & references

  • accenture.com — Blogs Pond Loach Delivers Badcake Malware (report)
  • malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de — Win.Salgorea (report)
  • ESET — Eset Oceanlotus (report)
  • research.checkpoint.com — Deobfuscating Apt32 Flow Graphs With Cutter And Radare2 (report)

External references