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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
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set System Time Discovery - T1124 (f3c544dc-673c-4ef3-accb-53229f1ae077) Attack Pattern 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 响尾蛇 - APT-C-24 (3dada716-34c3-506e-aa3a-1889bd975b4b) 360.net Threat Actors 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
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Automated Exfiltration - T1020 (774a3188-6ba9-4dc4-879d-d54ee48a5ce9) Attack Pattern 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
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Dynamic Data Exchange - T1559.002 (232a7e42-cd6e-4902-8fe9-2960f529dd4d) Attack Pattern 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern 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
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern 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
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Software Discovery - T1518 (e3b6daca-e963-4a69-aee6-ed4fd653ad58) Attack Pattern 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Malicious Link - T1204.001 (ef67e13e-5598-4adc-bdb2-998225874fa9) Attack Pattern 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Mshta - T1218.005 (840a987a-99bd-4a80-a5c9-0cb2baa6cade) Attack Pattern 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67) Attack Pattern 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Automated Collection - T1119 (30208d3e-0d6b-43c8-883e-44462a514619) Attack Pattern 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
Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) 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
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) 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
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
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Security Account Manager - T1003.002 (1644e709-12d2-41e5-a60f-3470991f5011) Attack Pattern 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
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Network Share Discovery - T1135 (3489cfc5-640f-4bb3-a103-9137b97de79f) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Remote Desktop Protocol - T1021.001 (eb062747-2193-45de-8fa2-e62549c37ddf) Attack Pattern 2
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Network Service Discovery - T1046 (e3a12395-188d-4051-9a16-ea8e14d07b88) Attack Pattern 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
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Regsvr32 - T1218.010 (b97f1d35-4249-4486-a6b5-ee60ccf24fab) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Bypass User Account Control - T1548.002 (120d5519-3098-4e1c-9191-2aa61232f073) Attack Pattern 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
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Dynamic-link Library Injection - T1055.001 (f4599aa0-4f85-4a32-80ea-fc39dc965945) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Clipboard Data - T1115 (30973a08-aed9-4edf-8604-9084ce1b5c4f) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Mshta - T1218.005 (840a987a-99bd-4a80-a5c9-0cb2baa6cade) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Hidden Window - T1564.003 (cbb66055-0325-4111-aca0-40547b6ad5b0) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 2
Data Staged - T1074 (7dd95ff6-712e-4056-9626-312ea4ab4c5e) Attack Pattern Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) 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
Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern Software Discovery - T1518 (e3b6daca-e963-4a69-aee6-ed4fd653ad58) Attack Pattern 2
Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7) Attack Pattern Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) 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
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) 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
System Binary Proxy Execution - T1218 (457c7820-d331-465a-915e-42f85500ccc4) Attack Pattern Mshta - T1218.005 (840a987a-99bd-4a80-a5c9-0cb2baa6cade) Attack Pattern 2
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67) Attack Pattern 2
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Command Obfuscation - T1027.010 (d511a6f6-4a33-41d5-bc95-c343875d1377) 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
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern 2
SideWinder (Windows) (3c43bd4c-8c40-47b5-ae97-3dd0f0c0e8d8) Malpedia RAZOR TIGER (c4ce1174-9462-47e9-8038-794f40a184b3) Threat Actor 3
Security Account Manager - T1003.002 (1644e709-12d2-41e5-a60f-3470991f5011) Attack Pattern OS Credential Dumping - T1003 (0a3ead4e-6d47-4ccb-854c-a6a4f9d96b22) 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
NTDS - T1003.003 (edf91964-b26e-4b4a-9600-ccacd7d7df24) Attack Pattern OS Credential Dumping - T1003 (0a3ead4e-6d47-4ccb-854c-a6a4f9d96b22) Attack Pattern 3
Remote Services - T1021 (54a649ff-439a-41a4-9856-8d144a2551ba) Attack Pattern Remote Desktop Protocol - T1021.001 (eb062747-2193-45de-8fa2-e62549c37ddf) 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
Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism - T1548 (67720091-eee3-4d2d-ae16-8264567f6f5b) Attack Pattern Bypass User Account Control - T1548.002 (120d5519-3098-4e1c-9191-2aa61232f073) 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
Hidden Window - T1564.003 (cbb66055-0325-4111-aca0-40547b6ad5b0) Attack Pattern Hide Artifacts - T1564 (22905430-4901-4c2a-84f6-98243cb173f8) Attack Pattern 3
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 3