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Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e)

Sidewinder is a suspected Indian threat actor group that has been active since at least 2012. They have been observed targeting government, military, and business entities throughout Asia, primarily focusing on Pakistan, China, Nepal, and Afghanistan.(Citation: ATT Sidewinder January 2021)(Citation: Securelist APT Trends April 2018)(Citation: Cyble Sidewinder September 2020)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Dynamic Data Exchange - T1559.002 (232a7e42-cd6e-4902-8fe9-2960f529dd4d) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Command Obfuscation - T1027.010 (d511a6f6-4a33-41d5-bc95-c343875d1377) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Mshta - T1218.005 (840a987a-99bd-4a80-a5c9-0cb2baa6cade) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
System Time Discovery - T1124 (f3c544dc-673c-4ef3-accb-53229f1ae077) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
响尾蛇 - APT-C-24 (3dada716-34c3-506e-aa3a-1889bd975b4b) 360.net Threat Actors Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Spearphishing Attachment - T1598.002 (8982a661-d84c-48c0-b4ec-1db29c6cf3bc) Attack Pattern 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern 1
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set DLL - T1574.001 (2fee9321-3e71-4cf4-af24-d4d40d355b34) Attack Pattern 1
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 1
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern 1
Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern 1
PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern 1
Exploitation for Client Execution - T1203 (be2dcee9-a7a7-4e38-afd6-21b31ecc3d63) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Spearphishing Link - T1598.003 (2d3f5b3c-54ca-4f4d-bb1f-849346d31230) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Software Discovery - T1518 (e3b6daca-e963-4a69-aee6-ed4fd653ad58) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
JavaScript - T1059.007 (0f4a0c76-ab2d-4cb0-85d3-3f0efb8cba0d) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Automated Collection - T1119 (30208d3e-0d6b-43c8-883e-44462a514619) Attack Pattern 1
Automated Exfiltration - T1020 (774a3188-6ba9-4dc4-879d-d54ee48a5ce9) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 1
Malicious Link - T1204.001 (ef67e13e-5598-4adc-bdb2-998225874fa9) Attack Pattern Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set 1
Sidewinder - G0121 (3fc023b2-c5cc-481d-9c3e-70141ae1a87e) Intrusion Set Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern 1
Inter-Process Communication - T1559 (acd0ba37-7ba9-4cc5-ac61-796586cd856d) Attack Pattern Dynamic Data Exchange - T1559.002 (232a7e42-cd6e-4902-8fe9-2960f529dd4d) Attack Pattern 2
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67) Attack Pattern 2
Command Obfuscation - T1027.010 (d511a6f6-4a33-41d5-bc95-c343875d1377) Attack Pattern Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern 2
Mshta - T1218.005 (840a987a-99bd-4a80-a5c9-0cb2baa6cade) Attack Pattern System Binary Proxy Execution - T1218 (457c7820-d331-465a-915e-42f85500ccc4) Attack Pattern 2
Spearphishing Link - T1566.002 (2b742742-28c3-4e1b-bab7-8350d6300fa7) Attack Pattern Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern 2
响尾蛇 - APT-C-24 (3dada716-34c3-506e-aa3a-1889bd975b4b) 360.net Threat Actors RAZOR TIGER (c4ce1174-9462-47e9-8038-794f40a184b3) Threat Actor 2
Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern Software Discovery - T1518 (e3b6daca-e963-4a69-aee6-ed4fd653ad58) Attack Pattern 2
Phishing for Information - T1598 (cca0ccb6-a068-4574-a722-b1556f86833a) Attack Pattern Spearphishing Attachment - T1598.002 (8982a661-d84c-48c0-b4ec-1db29c6cf3bc) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Visual Basic - T1059.005 (dfd7cc1d-e1d8-4394-a198-97c4cab8aa67) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Mshta - T1218.005 (840a987a-99bd-4a80-a5c9-0cb2baa6cade) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Service Execution - T1569.002 (f1951e8a-500e-4a26-8803-76d95c4554b4) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Dynamic-link Library Injection - T1055.001 (f4599aa0-4f85-4a32-80ea-fc39dc965945) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Network Share Discovery - T1135 (3489cfc5-640f-4bb3-a103-9137b97de79f) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Hidden Window - T1564.003 (cbb66055-0325-4111-aca0-40547b6ad5b0) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool NTDS - T1003.003 (edf91964-b26e-4b4a-9600-ccacd7d7df24) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Network Service Discovery - T1046 (e3a12395-188d-4051-9a16-ea8e14d07b88) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Windows Management Instrumentation - T1047 (01a5a209-b94c-450b-b7f9-946497d91055) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Security Account Manager - T1003.002 (1644e709-12d2-41e5-a60f-3470991f5011) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Clipboard Data - T1115 (30973a08-aed9-4edf-8604-9084ce1b5c4f) Attack Pattern 2
Regsvr32 - T1218.010 (b97f1d35-4249-4486-a6b5-ee60ccf24fab) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
Remote Desktop Protocol - T1021.001 (eb062747-2193-45de-8fa2-e62549c37ddf) Attack Pattern Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool System Owner/User Discovery - T1033 (03d7999c-1f4c-42cc-8373-e7690d318104) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Bypass User Account Control - T1548.002 (120d5519-3098-4e1c-9191-2aa61232f073) Attack Pattern 2
Koadic - S0250 (c8655260-9f4b-44e3-85e1-6538a5f6e4f4) mitre-tool Rundll32 - T1218.011 (045d0922-2310-4e60-b5e4-3302302cb3c5) Attack Pattern 2
Hijack Execution Flow - T1574 (aedfca76-3b30-4866-b2aa-0f1d7fd1e4b6) Attack Pattern DLL - T1574.001 (2fee9321-3e71-4cf4-af24-d4d40d355b34) 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
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution - T1547 (1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf) Attack Pattern Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 2
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern 2
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern 2
Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern 2
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern PowerShell - T1059.001 (970a3432-3237-47ad-bcca-7d8cbb217736) Attack Pattern 2
Spearphishing Link - T1598.003 (2d3f5b3c-54ca-4f4d-bb1f-849346d31230) Attack Pattern Phishing for Information - T1598 (cca0ccb6-a068-4574-a722-b1556f86833a) Attack Pattern 2
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern JavaScript - T1059.007 (0f4a0c76-ab2d-4cb0-85d3-3f0efb8cba0d) Attack Pattern 2
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 2
User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern Malicious Link - T1204.001 (ef67e13e-5598-4adc-bdb2-998225874fa9) Attack Pattern 2
Data Staged - T1074 (7dd95ff6-712e-4056-9626-312ea4ab4c5e) Attack Pattern Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern 2
RAZOR TIGER (c4ce1174-9462-47e9-8038-794f40a184b3) Threat Actor SideWinder (Windows) (3c43bd4c-8c40-47b5-ae97-3dd0f0c0e8d8) Malpedia 3
Service Execution - T1569.002 (f1951e8a-500e-4a26-8803-76d95c4554b4) Attack Pattern System Services - T1569 (d157f9d2-d09a-4efa-bb2a-64963f94e253) Attack Pattern 3
Process Injection - T1055 (43e7dc91-05b2-474c-b9ac-2ed4fe101f4d) Attack Pattern Dynamic-link Library Injection - T1055.001 (f4599aa0-4f85-4a32-80ea-fc39dc965945) Attack Pattern 3
Hidden Window - T1564.003 (cbb66055-0325-4111-aca0-40547b6ad5b0) Attack Pattern Hide Artifacts - T1564 (22905430-4901-4c2a-84f6-98243cb173f8) Attack Pattern 3
OS Credential Dumping - T1003 (0a3ead4e-6d47-4ccb-854c-a6a4f9d96b22) Attack Pattern NTDS - T1003.003 (edf91964-b26e-4b4a-9600-ccacd7d7df24) 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
Security Account Manager - T1003.002 (1644e709-12d2-41e5-a60f-3470991f5011) Attack Pattern OS Credential Dumping - T1003 (0a3ead4e-6d47-4ccb-854c-a6a4f9d96b22) Attack Pattern 3
Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern Asymmetric Cryptography - T1573.002 (bf176076-b789-408e-8cba-7275e81c0ada) Attack Pattern 3
Scheduled Task/Job - T1053 (35dd844a-b219-4e2b-a6bb-efa9a75995a9) Attack Pattern Scheduled Task - T1053.005 (005a06c6-14bf-4118-afa0-ebcd8aebb0c9) Attack Pattern 3
Regsvr32 - T1218.010 (b97f1d35-4249-4486-a6b5-ee60ccf24fab) Attack Pattern System Binary Proxy Execution - T1218 (457c7820-d331-465a-915e-42f85500ccc4) Attack Pattern 3
Remote Desktop Protocol - T1021.001 (eb062747-2193-45de-8fa2-e62549c37ddf) Attack Pattern Remote Services - T1021 (54a649ff-439a-41a4-9856-8d144a2551ba) Attack Pattern 3
Bypass User Account Control - T1548.002 (120d5519-3098-4e1c-9191-2aa61232f073) Attack Pattern Abuse Elevation Control Mechanism - T1548 (67720091-eee3-4d2d-ae16-8264567f6f5b) Attack Pattern 3
Rundll32 - T1218.011 (045d0922-2310-4e60-b5e4-3302302cb3c5) Attack Pattern System Binary Proxy Execution - T1218 (457c7820-d331-465a-915e-42f85500ccc4) Attack Pattern 3