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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
Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) 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 System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern 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 Data from Network Shared Drive - T1039 (ae676644-d2d2-41b7-af7e-9bed1b55898c) Attack Pattern 2
Sowbug - G0054 (d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e) Intrusion Set Network Share Discovery - T1135 (3489cfc5-640f-4bb3-a103-9137b97de79f) 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 OS Credential Dumping - T1003 (0a3ead4e-6d47-4ccb-854c-a6a4f9d96b22) Attack Pattern 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 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 Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware 2
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
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
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
Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware 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
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern 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
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern Felismus - S0171 (196f1f32-e0c2-4d46-99cd-234d4b6befe1) Malware 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
Security Software Discovery - T1518.001 (cba37adb-d6fb-4610-b069-dd04c0643384) Attack Pattern Software Discovery - T1518 (e3b6daca-e963-4a69-aee6-ed4fd653ad58) 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
Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern 4