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Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e)

Sidewinder is a suspected Indian threat actor group that has been active since at least 2012. They have been observed targeting government, military, and business entities throughout Asia, primarily focusing on Pakistan, China, Nepal, and Afghanistan.(Citation: ATT Sidewinder January 2021)(Citation: Securelist APT Trends April 2018)(Citation: Cyble Sidewinder September 2020)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set System Time Discovery - T1124 (f3c544dc-673c-4ef3-accb-53229f1ae077) Attack Pattern 1
响尾蛇 - APT-C-24 (3dada716-34c3-506e-aa3a-1889bd975b4b) 360.net Threat Actors Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 1
Automated Exfiltration - T1020 (774a3188-6ba9-4dc4-879d-d54ee48a5ce9) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Spearphishing Link - T1598.003 (2d3f5b3c-54ca-4f4d-bb1f-849346d31230) Attack Pattern 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Exploitation for Client Execution - T1203 (be2dcee9-a7a7-4e38-afd6-21b31ecc3d63) Attack Pattern 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern 1
Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern 1
Dynamic Data Exchange - T1559.002 (232a7e42-cd6e-4902-8fe9-2960f529dd4d) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern 1
Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set JavaScript - T1059.007 (0f4a0c76-ab2d-4cb0-85d3-3f0efb8cba0d) Attack Pattern 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7) Attack Pattern 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Spearphishing Attachment - T1598.002 (8982a661-d84c-48c0-b4ec-1db29c6cf3bc) Attack Pattern 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 1
Software Discovery - T1518 (e3b6daca-e963-4a69-aee6-ed4fd653ad58) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Malicious Link - T1204.001 (ef67e13e-5598-4adc-bdb2-998225874fa9) Attack Pattern 1
Mshta - T1218.005 (840a987a-99bd-4a80-a5c9-0cb2baa6cade) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Automated Collection - T1119 (30208d3e-0d6b-43c8-883e-44462a514619) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Command Obfuscation - T1027.010 (d511a6f6-4a33-41d5-bc95-c343875d1377) Attack Pattern 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set DLL Side-Loading - T1574.002 (e64c62cf-9cd7-4a14-94ec-cdaac43ab44b) Attack Pattern 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern 1
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern 2
响尾蛇 - APT-C-24 (3dada716-34c3-506e-aa3a-1889bd975b4b) 360.net Threat Actors RAZOR TIGER (c4ce1174-9462-47e9-8038-794f40a184b3) Threat Actor 2
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern 2
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern Boot or Logon Autostart Execution - T1547 (1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf) Attack Pattern 2
Phishing for Information - T1598 (cca0ccb6-a068-4574-a722-b1556f86833a) Attack Pattern Spearphishing Link - T1598.003 (2d3f5b3c-54ca-4f4d-bb1f-849346d31230) Attack Pattern 2
Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern 2
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern 2
Dynamic Data Exchange - T1559.002 (232a7e42-cd6e-4902-8fe9-2960f529dd4d) Attack Pattern Inter-Process Communication - T1559 (acd0ba37-7ba9-4cc5-ac61-796586cd856d) Attack Pattern 2
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
Security Account Manager - T1003.002 (1644e709-12d2-41e5-a60f-3470991f5011) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
NTDS - T1003.003 (edf91964-b26e-4b4a-9600-ccacd7d7df24) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern 2
System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
Network Share Discovery - T1135 (3489cfc5-640f-4bb3-a103-9137b97de79f) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
Remote Desktop Protocol - T1021.001 (eb062747-2193-45de-8fa2-e62549c37ddf) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
Network Service Discovery - T1046 (e3a12395-188d-4051-9a16-ea8e14d07b88) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
Windows Management Instrumentation - T1047 (01a5a209-b94c-450b-b7f9-946497d91055) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern 2
Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Regsvr32 - T1218.010 (b97f1d35-4249-4486-a6b5-ee60ccf24fab) Attack Pattern 2
Bypass User Account Control - T1548.002 (120d5519-3098-4e1c-9191-2aa61232f073) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Rundll32 - T1218.011 (045d0922-2310-4e60-b5e4-3302302cb3c5) Attack Pattern 2
Service Execution - T1569.002 (f1951e8a-500e-4a26-8803-76d95c4554b4) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 2
Dynamic-link Library Injection - T1055.001 (f4599aa0-4f85-4a32-80ea-fc39dc965945) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
Clipboard Data - T1115 (30973a08-aed9-4edf-8604-9084ce1b5c4f) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
Mshta - T1218.005 (840a987a-99bd-4a80-a5c9-0cb2baa6cade) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
Hidden Window - T1564.003 (cbb66055-0325-4111-aca0-40547b6ad5b0) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern Data Staged - T1074 (7dd95ff6-712e-4056-9626-312ea4ab4c5e) Attack Pattern 2
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern JavaScript - T1059.007 (0f4a0c76-ab2d-4cb0-85d3-3f0efb8cba0d) Attack Pattern 2
Software Discovery - T1518 (e3b6daca-e963-4a69-aee6-ed4fd653ad58) Attack Pattern Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern 2
Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7) Attack Pattern 2
Spearphishing Attachment - T1598.002 (8982a661-d84c-48c0-b4ec-1db29c6cf3bc) Attack Pattern Phishing for Information - T1598 (cca0ccb6-a068-4574-a722-b1556f86833a) Attack Pattern 2
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 2
Malicious Link - T1204.001 (ef67e13e-5598-4adc-bdb2-998225874fa9) Attack Pattern User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern 2
Mshta - T1218.005 (840a987a-99bd-4a80-a5c9-0cb2baa6cade) Attack Pattern System Binary Proxy Execution - T1218 (457c7820-d331-465a-915e-42f85500ccc4) Attack Pattern 2
Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 2
Command Obfuscation - T1027.010 (d511a6f6-4a33-41d5-bc95-c343875d1377) Attack Pattern Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern 2
Hijack Execution Flow - T1574 (aedfca76-3b30-4866-b2aa-0f1d7fd1e4b6) Attack Pattern DLL Side-Loading - T1574.002 (e64c62cf-9cd7-4a14-94ec-cdaac43ab44b) Attack Pattern 2
Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern 2
RAZOR TIGER (c4ce1174-9462-47e9-8038-794f40a184b3) Threat Actor SideWinder (Windows) (3c43bd4c-8c40-47b5-ae97-3dd0f0c0e8d8) Malpedia 3
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 3
OS Credential Dumping - T1003 (0a3ead4e-6d47-4ccb-854c-a6a4f9d96b22) Attack Pattern Security Account Manager - T1003.002 (1644e709-12d2-41e5-a60f-3470991f5011) Attack Pattern 3
Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada) Attack Pattern Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern 3
OS Credential Dumping - T1003 (0a3ead4e-6d47-4ccb-854c-a6a4f9d96b22) Attack Pattern NTDS - T1003.003 (edf91964-b26e-4b4a-9600-ccacd7d7df24) Attack Pattern 3
Remote Desktop Protocol - T1021.001 (eb062747-2193-45de-8fa2-e62549c37ddf) Attack Pattern Remote Services - T1021 (54a649ff-439a-41a4-9856-8d144a2551ba) Attack Pattern 3
Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9) Attack Pattern Scheduled Task/Job - T1053 (35dd844a-b219-4e2b-a6bb-efa9a75995a9) Attack Pattern 3
System Binary Proxy Execution - T1218 (457c7820-d331-465a-915e-42f85500ccc4) Attack Pattern Regsvr32 - T1218.010 (b97f1d35-4249-4486-a6b5-ee60ccf24fab) Attack Pattern 3
Bypass User Account Control - T1548.002 (120d5519-3098-4e1c-9191-2aa61232f073) Attack Pattern Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism - T1548 (67720091-eee3-4d2d-ae16-8264567f6f5b) Attack Pattern 3
System Binary Proxy Execution - T1218 (457c7820-d331-465a-915e-42f85500ccc4) Attack Pattern Rundll32 - T1218.011 (045d0922-2310-4e60-b5e4-3302302cb3c5) Attack Pattern 3
System Services - T1569 (d157f9d2-d09a-4efa-bb2a-64963f94e253) Attack Pattern Service Execution - T1569.002 (f1951e8a-500e-4a26-8803-76d95c4554b4) Attack Pattern 3
Dynamic-link Library Injection - T1055.001 (f4599aa0-4f85-4a32-80ea-fc39dc965945) Attack Pattern Process Injection - T1055 (43e7dc91-05b2-474c-b9ac-2ed4fe101f4d) Attack Pattern 3
Hide Artifacts - T1564 (22905430-4901-4c2a-84f6-98243cb173f8) Attack Pattern Hidden Window - T1564.003 (cbb66055-0325-4111-aca0-40547b6ad5b0) Attack Pattern 3