Sowbug

Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK)9

SourceMITRE ATT&CK

State sponsor: UnknownAttribution confidence: 50%Target categories: Government

Targeted regions: Argentina · Ecuador · Brazil · Brunei · Peru · Malaysia

Also known as:G0054

Vexday analysis

Sowbug é um grupo de ameaça persistente avançada (APT) identificado no MITRE ATT&CK como G0054, conhecido por conduzir ataques direcionados contra organizações na América do Sul e no Sudeste Asiático, com foco particular em entidades governamentais, desde pelo menos 2015. O grupo possui 9 técnicas documentadas na base ATT&CK.

Attack chain

Plausible scenario built from the group's real techniques, ordered by the phases of an attack. Each step shows how the group typically operates.

Arsenal severity18

Impact: High

Illustrative chain derived from techniques documented in MITRE ATT&CK — it does not represent a specific past attack. Severity summarizes the known arsenal (kill-chain coverage, actively exploited CVEs, techniques).

Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK) 9

How the group operates, mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK matrix and organized by the phases of an attack.

Execution

Windows Command Shell

Credential access

OS Credential Dumping

Discovery

System Information Discovery File and Directory Discovery Network Share Discovery

Collection

Data from Network Shared Drive Keylogging Archive via Utility

stealth

Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location

Exploited vulnerabilities

No CVEs attributed to this group in public sources (MITRE ATT&CK). Absence of attribution does not mean absence of activity.

References

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