MALWARE FAMILY
BreachRAT
Internal ID: win.breach_rat
1
aliases
Last seen:Mar 17, 2026
Intelligence Profile
This is a backdoor which FireEye call the Breach Remote Administration Tool (BreachRAT), written in C++. The malware name is derived from the hardcoded PDB path found in the RAT: C:\Work\Breach Remote Administration Tool\Release\Client.pdb
Threat Analysis
BreachRAT 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
Quick Facts
TypeMalware Family
Aliases1
Also Known As
win.breach_rat
Research Links
Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.