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Sowbug (1ca3b039-404e-4132-88c2-4e41235cd2f5)

Sowbug has been conducting highly targeted cyber attacks against organizations in South America and Southeast Asia and appears to be heavily focused on foreign policy institutions and diplomatic targets. Sowbug has been seen mounting classic espionage attacks by stealing documents from the organizations it infiltrates.

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set Sowbug (1ca3b039-404e-4132-88c2-4e41235cd2f5) Threat Actor 1
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set 2
Data from Network Shared Drive - T1039 (ae676644-d2d2-41b7-af7e-9bed1b55898c) Attack Pattern Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set 2
Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set 2
Network Share Discovery - T1135 (3489cfc5-640f-4bb3-a103-9137b97de79f) Attack Pattern Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set 2
Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 2
Archive via Utility - T1560.001 (00f90846-cbd1-4fc5-9233-df5c2bf2a662) Attack Pattern Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set 2
File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set 2
Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set 2
Starloader - S0188 (96566860-9f11-4b6f-964d-1c924e4f24a4) Malware Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set 2
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set 2
Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set OS Credential Dumping - T1003 (0a3ead4e-6d47-4ccb-854c-a6a4f9d96b22) Attack Pattern 2
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware 3
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware 3
Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware Felismus (07a41ea7-17b2-4852-bfd7-54211c477dc0) Malpedia 3
Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern 3
Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 3
Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern 3
Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware 3
Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern 3
Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 3
Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern 3
Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 3
Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2) Attack Pattern Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) 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
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern 3
Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern Starloader - S0188 (96566860-9f11-4b6f-964d-1c924e4f24a4) Malware 3
Match Legitimate Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Starloader - S0188 (96566860-9f11-4b6f-964d-1c924e4f24a4) Malware 3
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 3
Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern 4
Software Discovery - T1518 (e3b6daca-e963-4a69-aee6-ed4fd653ad58) Attack Pattern Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern 4
Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern 4
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 4