MALWARE FAMILY

PeddleCheap

Internal ID: win.peddlecheap

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

PeddleCheap is a module of the DanderSpritz framework which surface with the "Lost in Translation" release of TheShadowBrokers leaks. In May 2020, ESET mentioned that they found mysterious samples of PeddleCheap packed with a custom packer so far exclusively attributed to Winnti.

Threat Analysis

PeddleCheap 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://obscuritylabs.com/blog/2017/11/13/match-made-in-the-shadows-part-3/

→https://research.checkpoint.com/2021/a-deep-dive-into-doublefeature-equation-groups-post-exploitation-dashboard/

→https://twitter.com/ESETresearch/status/1258353960781598721

→https://www.forcepoint.com/fr/blog/security-labs/new-whitepaper-danderspritzpeddlecheap-traffic-analysis-part-1-2#

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.peddlecheap

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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