MALWARE FAMILY
SADBRIDGE
Internal ID: win.sadbridge
1
aliases
Last seen:Mar 17, 2026
Intelligence Profile
According to Elastic, SADBRIDGE is a malware loader packaged as an MSI executable for delivery and it uses DLL side-loading with various injection techniques to execute malicious payloads. SADBRIDGE abuses legitimate applications such as x64dbg.exe and MonitoringHost.exe to load malicious DLLs like x64bridge.dll and HealthServiceRuntime.dll, which leads to subsequent stages and shellcodes.
Threat Analysis
SADBRIDGE 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.sadbridge
Research Links
Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.