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Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2)

Octopus is a Windows Trojan written in the Delphi programming language that has been used by Nomadic Octopus to target government organizations in Central Asia since at least 2014.(Citation: Securelist Octopus Oct 2018)(Citation: Security Affairs DustSquad Oct 2018)(Citation: ESET Nomadic Octopus 2018)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Windows Management Instrumentation - T1047 (01a5a209-b94c-450b-b7f9-946497d91055) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 1
System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 1
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 1
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 1
Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 1
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 1
Exfiltration to Cloud Storage - T1567.002 (bf1b6176-597c-4600-bfcd-ac989670f96b) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 1
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 1
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 1
Archive via Utility - T1560.001 (00f90846-cbd1-4fc5-9233-df5c2bf2a662) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 1
File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 1
Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 1
Screen Capture - T1113 (0259baeb-9f63-4c69-bf10-eb038c390688) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 1
Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 1
Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 1
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 1
Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 1
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 (92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d) Attack Pattern Octopus - S0340 (e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2) Malware 1
Data Staged - T1074 (7dd95ff6-712e-4056-9626-312ea4ab4c5e) Attack Pattern Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) 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
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 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
Archive Collected Data - T1560 (53ac20cd-aca3-406e-9aa0-9fc7fdc60a5a) Attack Pattern Archive via Utility - T1560.001 (00f90846-cbd1-4fc5-9233-df5c2bf2a662) Attack Pattern 2
Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) 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
Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern 2