MALWARE FAMILY

Rietspoof

Internal ID: win.rietspoof

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

Rietspoof is malware that mainly acts as a dropper and downloader, however, it also sports bot capabilities and appears to be in active development.

Threat Analysis

Rietspoof 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://blog.avast.com/rietspoof-malware-increases-activity

→https://decoded.avast.io/threatintel/spoofing-in-the-reeds-with-rietspoof/

→https://www.virusbulletin.com/virusbulletin/2020/01/vb2019-paper-spoofing-reeds-rietspoof/

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.rietspoof

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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