MALWARE FAMILY

Spectre Rat

Internal ID: win.spectre

aliases

Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

Mixed RAT and Botnet malware sold in underground forums. In march 2021 it was advertised with the Spectre 2.0, it reached version 3 in June 2021 and then quickly version 4. This crimeware tool was being abused in malicious campaigns targeting European users in September 2021.

Threat Analysis

Spectre Rat 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://medium.com/walmartglobaltech/spectre-spc-v9-campaigns-and-updates-546c2e65e247

→https://yoroi.company/research/spectre-v4-0-the-speed-of-malware-threats-after-the-pandemics/

Quick Facts

TypeMalware Family

Aliases1

Also Known As

win.spectre

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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