APT / THREAT GROUP

BITWISE SPIDER

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

BITWISE SPIDER has recently and quickly become a significant player in the big game hunting (BGH) landscape. Their dedicated leak site (DLS) has received the highest number of victims posted each month since July 2021 compared to other adversary DLSs due to the growing popularity and effectiveness of LockBit 2.0.

Threat Analysis

BITWISE SPIDER is a known-sophistication threat actor of undetermined national origin, engaged in cyber operations with a primary motivation of unknown activity patterns.

External References

→https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/better-together-global-attitude-survey-takeaways-2021/

→https://socradar.io/lockbit-3-another-upgrade-to-worlds-most-active-ransomware/

→https://security.packt.com/understanding-lockbit/

→https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/ransomware-spotlight/ransomware-spotlight-lockbit

Quick Facts

TypeAPT / Threat Group

Aliases1

SourceMalpedia

Also Known As

BITWISE SPIDER

Research Links

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Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.

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