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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
Nomadic Octopus - G0133 (fed4f0a2-4347-4530-b0f5-6dfd49b29172) Intrusion Set Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 1
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) 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
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern Nomadic Octopus - G0133 (fed4f0a2-4347-4530-b0f5-6dfd49b29172) Intrusion Set 1
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) 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
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
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
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) 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 Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern 2
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) 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 Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern 2
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Windows Management Instrumentation - T1047 (01a5a209-b94c-450b-b7f9-946497d91055) Attack Pattern 2
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern 2
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 (92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 2
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern 2
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Screen Capture - T1113 (0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688) Attack Pattern 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
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 System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern 2
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 2
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern 2
Exfiltration to Cloud Storage - T1567.002 (bf1b6176-597c-4600-bfcd-ac989670f96b) 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
User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern 2
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) 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
Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern 2
Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern 3
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution - T1547 (1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf) Attack Pattern Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 3
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern 3
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 3
Data Staged - T1074 (7dd95ff6-712e-4056-9626-312ea4ab4c5e) Attack Pattern Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) 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
Archive Collected Data - T1560 (53ac20cd-aca3-406e-9aa0-9fc7fdc60a5a) Attack Pattern Archive via Utility - T1560.001 (00f90846-cbd1-4fc5-9233-df5c2bf2a662) Attack Pattern 3