HOMETHREATSKaden
MALWARE FAMILY

Kaden

Internal ID: elf.kaden
1
aliases
Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

Kaden is a DDoS botnet that is heavily based on Bashlite/Gafgyt. Next to DDoS capabilities it contains wiper functionality, which currently can not be triggerred (yet).

Threat Analysis

Kaden is a malware family tracked by threat intelligence researchers and catalogued in the Malpedia dataset. It represents a distinct malicious software lineage with identifiable code characteristics, behaviors, and victimology.

External References

→https://www.forescout.com/blog/emerging-iot-wiper-malware-kaden-and-new-lolfme-botnet/

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family
Aliases1

Also Known As

elf.kaden

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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