MALWARE FAMILY

SodaMaster

Internal ID: win.sodamaster

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

This is a RAT that is usually loaded with one or more shellcode and/or reflective DLL injection techniques. The RAT uses RC4 or a hardcoded RSA key for traffic encryption/decryption. Its communication can either happen via a raw TCP socket or a HTTP POST request. Depending on the version, the RAT may remotely execute DLLs or shellcode.

Threat Analysis

SodaMaster 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://jsac.jpcert.or.jp/archive/2021/pdf/JSAC2021_202_niwa-yanagishita_en.pdf

→https://jsac.jpcert.or.jp/archive/2022/pdf/JSAC2022_9_yanagishita-tamada-nakatsuru-ishimaru_en.pdf

→https://securelist.com/apt-trends-report-q1-2021/101967/

→https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/cicada-apt10-china-ngo-government-attacks

→https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-hackers-abuse-vlc-media-player-to-launch-malware-loader/

→https://www.secureworks.com/research/bronze-starlight-ransomware-operations-use-hui-loader

→https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/operation-fishmedley/

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.sodamaster

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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