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Nomadic Octopus - G0133 (fed4f0a2-4347-4530-b0f5-6dfd49b29172)

Nomadic Octopus is a Russian-speaking cyber espionage threat group that has primarily targeted Central Asia, including local governments, diplomatic missions, and individuals, since at least 2014. Nomadic Octopus has been observed conducting campaigns involving Android and Windows malware, mainly using the Delphi programming language, and building custom variants.(Citation: Security Affairs DustSquad Oct 2018)(Citation: Securelist Octopus Oct 2018)(Citation: ESET Nomadic Octopus 2018)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern Nomadic Octopus - G0133 (fed4f0a2-4347-4530-b0f5-6dfd49b29172) Intrusion Set 1
Nomadic Octopus - G0133 (fed4f0a2-4347-4530-b0f5-6dfd49b29172) Intrusion Set Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 1
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern Nomadic Octopus - G0133 (fed4f0a2-4347-4530-b0f5-6dfd49b29172) Intrusion Set 1
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern Nomadic Octopus - G0133 (fed4f0a2-4347-4530-b0f5-6dfd49b29172) Intrusion Set 1
Hidden Window - T1564.003 (cbb66055-0325-4111-aca0-40547b6ad5b0) Attack Pattern Nomadic Octopus - G0133 (fed4f0a2-4347-4530-b0f5-6dfd49b29172) Intrusion Set 1
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Nomadic Octopus - G0133 (fed4f0a2-4347-4530-b0f5-6dfd49b29172) Intrusion Set 1
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Nomadic Octopus - G0133 (fed4f0a2-4347-4530-b0f5-6dfd49b29172) Intrusion Set 1
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Nomadic Octopus - G0133 (fed4f0a2-4347-4530-b0f5-6dfd49b29172) Intrusion Set 1
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) 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
Hidden Window - T1564.003 (cbb66055-0325-4111-aca0-40547b6ad5b0) Attack Pattern Hide Artifacts - T1564 (22905430-4901-4c2a-84f6-98243cb173f8) Attack Pattern 2
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern 2
Windows Management Instrumentation - T1047 (01a5a209-b94c-450b-b7f9-946497d91055) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 2
System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 2
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 2
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 2
File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 2
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern 2
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 2
Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 2
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Archive via Utility - T1560.001 (00f90846-cbd1-4fc5-9233-df5c2bf2a662) Attack Pattern 2
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 2
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 2
Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 2
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 2
Exfiltration to Cloud Storage - T1567.002 (bf1b6176-597c-4600-bfcd-ac989670f96b) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 2
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 (92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 2
Screen Capture - T1113 (0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 2
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 2
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 2
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 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 3
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern 3
Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern 3
Archive Collected Data - T1560 (53ac20cd-aca3-406e-9aa0-9fc7fdc60a5a) Attack Pattern Archive via Utility - T1560.001 (00f90846-cbd1-4fc5-9233-df5c2bf2a662) Attack Pattern 3
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 3
Exfiltration to Cloud Storage - T1567.002 (bf1b6176-597c-4600-bfcd-ac989670f96b) Attack Pattern Exfiltration Over Web Service - T1567 (40597f16-0963-4249-bf4c-ac93b7fb9807) Attack Pattern 3
Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 3