HOMETHREATSminiBlindingCan
MALWARE FAMILY

miniBlindingCan

Internal ID: win.miniblindingcan
1
aliases
Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

miniBlindingCan is an HTTP(S) orchestrator.

It is a variant of the BlindingCan RAT, having the same command parsing logic, but supporting only a small subset of commands available previously. The main operations are the update of the malware configuration, and the download and execution of additional payloads from the attackers' C&C.

The miniBlindingCan malware was used in Operation DreamJob attacks against aerospace and media companies in Q2-Q3 2022.

Threat Analysis

miniBlindingCan 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.

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Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family
Aliases1

Also Known As

win.miniblindingcan

Research Links

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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