S0693: CaddyWiper
CaddyWiper is a destructive data wiper that has been used in attacks against organizations in Ukraine since at least March 2022.[1][2]
Security context for executives and security teams
S0693: CaddyWiper describes [CaddyWiper](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0693) is a destructive data wiper that has been used in attacks against organizations in Ukraine since at least March 2022.(Citation: ESET CaddyWiper March 2022)(Citation: Cisco CaddyWiper March 2022)
Executive priority
S0693: CaddyWiper is an official MITRE ATT&CK software. Glexia treats it as defensive behavior context for prioritizing monitoring, control validation, and response planning without using the object by itself as an attribution claim.
Technical view
Security teams should validate S0693: CaddyWiper by reviewing the official ATT&CK relationships, mapped tactics (the mapped ATT&CK tactic context), supported platforms (Windows), and available local telemetry before making detection or mitigation decisions.
Likely telemetry
- Official ATT&CK relationships and object metadata
- Network, endpoint, and security-tool telemetry
Detection direction
- Validate whether S0693: CaddyWiper appears in your detection coverage and tabletop scenarios.
- Use the object to align executive risk language with SOC, incident response, and detection engineering work.
- Do not treat ATT&CK relationship context as attribution without corroborating evidence.
Mitigation priorities
- Map the object to existing controls and identify missing telemetry or response ownership.
- Prioritize mitigations that reduce exposure on the listed platforms and tactics.
- Review adjacent ATT&CK relationships before changing policy, detections, or reporting language.
Additional notes and limits
Baseline Glexia take generated from the official MITRE ATT&CK STIX object, source hash, tactics, platforms, and detection fields. It is safe to replace with a richer model-generated take for the same source hash later.
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CaddyWiper
CaddyWiper is a destructive data wiper that has been used in attacks against organizations in Ukraine since at least March 2022.[1][2]
How security teams should use this page
Treat this object as behavior context, not an attribution claim. Validate the related groups, software, data sources, and mitigations against official ATT&CK relationships and your own telemetry before making control-coverage decisions.
Techniques used
This mirrors the MITRE pattern of making group, software, campaign, and technique relationships scannable. Relationship notes come from mirrored ATT&CK relationship text when available.
| Domain | ID | Name | Relationship / procedure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | T1082 | System Information Discovery | CaddyWiper can use `DsRoleGetPrimaryDomainInformation` to determine the role of the infected machine. CaddyWiper can also halt execution if the compromised host is identified as a domain controller.[2]CitationMalwarebytes IssacWiper CaddyWiper March 2022 |
| Enterprise | T1222.001 | Windows PermissionsSub-technique | CaddyWiper can modify ACL entries to take ownership of files.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1083 | File and Directory Discovery | CaddyWiper can enumerate all files and directories on a compromised host.CitationMalwarebytes IssacWiper CaddyWiper March 2022 |
| Enterprise | T1485 | Data Destruction | CaddyWiper can work alphabetically through drives on a compromised system to take ownership of and overwrite all files.[1][2] |
| Enterprise | T1106 | Native API | CaddyWiper has the ability to dynamically resolve and use APIs, including `SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege`.[2] |
| Enterprise | T1057 | Process Discovery | CaddyWiper can obtain a list of current processes.CitationMalwarebytes IssacWiper CaddyWiper March 2022 |
| Enterprise | T1561.002 | Disk Structure WipeSub-technique | CaddyWiper has the ability to destroy information about a physical drive's partitions including the MBR, GPT, and partition entries.[1][2] |
Groups, software, and campaigns
C0034: 2022 Ukraine Electric Power Attack
The 2022 Ukraine Electric Power Attack was a Sandworm Team campaign that used a combination of GOGETTER, Neo-REGEORG, CaddyWiper, and living of the land (LotL) techniques to gain access to a Ukrainian electric utility to send unauthorized commands from their SCADA system.[1][2]
All related ATT&CK context
Object version and sync metadata
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Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(2)
| Release | Bundle imported | Object version | Modified | Status | Raw hash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.2 | 1.1 | Current bundle | 6f6c666bba8c… | ||
| 19.1 | 1.1 | Older bundle | 6f6c666bba8c… |
Mirrored ATT&CK source object
The raw object is retained through the mirrored ATT&CK source bundle and object hash. The raw endpoint returns the exact object from the mirrored bundle when available.
External references and citations
MITRE external references are preserved separately from Glexia analysis so citations remain traceable to their original source records.
- [1]ESET CaddyWiper March 2022
ESET. (2022, March 15). CaddyWiper: New wiper malware discovered in Ukraine. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
Open source URL - [2]Cisco CaddyWiper March 2022
Malhotra, A. (2022, March 15). Threat Advisory: CaddyWiper. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
Open source URL - [3]mitre-attackS0693Open source URL
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