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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 (1ca3b039-404e-4132-88c2-4e41235cd2f5) Threat Actor Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set 1
Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) 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
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) 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
Starloader - S0188 (96566860-9f11-4b6f-964d-1c924e4f24a4) Malware Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set 2
Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set Network Share Discovery - T1135 (3489cfc5-640f-4bb3-a103-9137b97de79f) Attack Pattern 2
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) 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
Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set 2
OS Credential Dumping - T1003 (0a3ead4e-6d47-4ccb-854c-a6a4f9d96b22) Attack Pattern Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set 2
Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set Archive via Utility - T1560.001 (00f90846-cbd1-4fc5-9233-df5c2bf2a662) Attack Pattern 2
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
Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware 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 System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern 3
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware 3
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware 3
Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware 3
Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 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 Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 3
Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 3
Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 3
Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Starloader - S0188 (96566860-9f11-4b6f-964d-1c924e4f24a4) Malware 3
Starloader - S0188 (96566860-9f11-4b6f-964d-1c924e4f24a4) Malware Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern 3
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern 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
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern 4
Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern Software Discovery - T1518 (e3b6daca-e963-4a69-aee6-ed4fd653ad58) Attack Pattern 4
Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) 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