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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
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Nomadic Octopus - G0133 (fed4f0a2-4347-4530-b0f5-6dfd49b29172) Intrusion Set 1
Nomadic Octopus - G0133 (fed4f0a2-4347-4530-b0f5-6dfd49b29172) Intrusion Set Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern 1
Nomadic Octopus - G0133 (fed4f0a2-4347-4530-b0f5-6dfd49b29172) Intrusion Set Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern 1
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Nomadic Octopus - G0133 (fed4f0a2-4347-4530-b0f5-6dfd49b29172) Intrusion Set 1
Nomadic Octopus - G0133 (fed4f0a2-4347-4530-b0f5-6dfd49b29172) Intrusion Set PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern 1
Nomadic Octopus - G0133 (fed4f0a2-4347-4530-b0f5-6dfd49b29172) Intrusion Set Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 1
Nomadic Octopus - G0133 (fed4f0a2-4347-4530-b0f5-6dfd49b29172) Intrusion Set Hidden Window - T1564.003 (cbb66055-0325-4111-aca0-40547b6ad5b0) Attack Pattern 1
Nomadic Octopus - G0133 (fed4f0a2-4347-4530-b0f5-6dfd49b29172) Intrusion Set Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern 1
System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 2
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern 2
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern 2
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 2
Archive via Utility - T1560.001 (00f90846-cbd1-4fc5-9233-df5c2bf2a662) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 2
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Exfiltration to Cloud Storage - T1567.002 (bf1b6176-597c-4600-bfcd-ac989670f96b) Attack Pattern 2
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern 2
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern 2
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern 2
Windows Management Instrumentation - T1047 (01a5a209-b94c-450b-b7f9-946497d91055) 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
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) 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
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern 2
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 (92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d) Attack Pattern 2
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 2
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Local Storage Discovery - T1680 (f2514ae4-4e9b-4f26-a5ba-c4ae85fe93c3) Attack Pattern 2
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 2
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 2
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern 2
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern 2
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) 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
Hide Artifacts - T1564 (22905430-4901-4c2a-84f6-98243cb173f8) Attack Pattern Hidden Window - T1564.003 (cbb66055-0325-4111-aca0-40547b6ad5b0) 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
Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 3
Archive via Utility - T1560.001 (00f90846-cbd1-4fc5-9233-df5c2bf2a662) Attack Pattern Archive Collected Data - T1560 (53ac20cd-aca3-406e-9aa0-9fc7fdc60a5a) Attack Pattern 3
Exfiltration Over Web Service - T1567 (40597f16-0963-4249-bf4c-ac93b7fb9807) Attack Pattern Exfiltration to Cloud Storage - T1567.002 (bf1b6176-597c-4600-bfcd-ac989670f96b) 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
Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) 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