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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
File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) 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
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 Data from Network Shared Drive - T1039 (ae676644-d2d2-41b7-af7e-9bed1b55898c) Attack Pattern 2
Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 2
OS Credential Dumping - T1003 (0a3ead4e-6d47-4ccb-854c-a6a4f9d96b22) Attack Pattern Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set 2
Archive via Utility - T1560.001 (00f90846-cbd1-4fc5-9233-df5c2bf2a662) Attack Pattern 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
Starloader - S0188 (96566860-9f11-4b6f-964d-1c924e4f24a4) Malware Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set 2
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
Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set 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 3
Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2) Attack Pattern Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) 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
Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Starloader - S0188 (96566860-9f11-4b6f-964d-1c924e4f24a4) Malware 3
Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern Starloader - S0188 (96566860-9f11-4b6f-964d-1c924e4f24a4) Malware 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
Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware 3
System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware 3
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware 3
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware 3
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware 3
Felismus (07a41ea7-17b2-4852-bfd7-54211c477dc0) Malpedia Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware 3
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware 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 System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) 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 Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern 3
Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern 4
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern 4
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