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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
Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set OS Credential Dumping - T1003 (0a3ead4e-6d47-4ccb-854c-a6a4f9d96b22) Attack Pattern 2
Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware 2
Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set Archive via Utility - T1560.001 (00f90846-cbd1-4fc5-9233-df5c2bf2a662) Attack Pattern 2
Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set Starloader - S0188 (96566860-9f11-4b6f-964d-1c924e4f24a4) Malware 2
Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern 2
Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set Data from Network Shared Drive - T1039 (ae676644-d2d2-41b7-af7e-9bed1b55898c) Attack Pattern 2
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set 2
Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 2
Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 2
Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set Network Share Discovery - T1135 (3489cfc5-640f-4bb3-a103-9137b97de79f) Attack Pattern 2
Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 3
Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) 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 - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern 3
System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) 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
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
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
Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware Felismus (07a41ea7-17b2-4852-bfd7-54211c477dc0) Malpedia 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
Starloader - S0188 (96566860-9f11-4b6f-964d-1c924e4f24a4) Malware Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern 3
Starloader - S0188 (96566860-9f11-4b6f-964d-1c924e4f24a4) Malware Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) 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
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
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
Software Discovery - T1518 (e3b6daca-e963-4a69-aee6-ed4fd653ad58) Attack Pattern Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) 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