MALWARE FAMILY

Ladon

Internal ID: win.ladon

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

According to its self-description, Ladon is a multi-threaded plug-in comprehensive scanning artifact for large-scale network penetration, including port scanning, service identification, network assets, password blasting, high-risk vulnerability detection and one click getshell. It supports batch a segment / b segment / C segment and cross network segment scanning, as well as URL, host and domain name list scanning.

Threat Analysis

Ladon 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://asec.ahnlab.com/en/47455/

→https://asec.ahnlab.com/en/56236/

→https://github.com/k8gege/Ladon

→https://mandiant.widen.net/s/pkffwrbjlz/m-trends-2023

→https://nattothoughts.substack.com/p/reconnaissance-scanning-tools-used

→https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/security-operations/through-the-cortex-xdr-lens-uncovering-a-new-activity-group-targeting-governments-in-the-middle-east-and-africa/

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.ladon

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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