Intrusion setG0121
Sidewinder
Also tracked as T-APT-04, Rattlesnake
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.
- Documented techniques
- 30
- Assessed origin
- India
- First seen
- 2012
- Basis
- MITRE ATT&CK
How they break in
Techniques MITRE has documented this group using, grouped by the stage of an attack they belong to. This is the actionable half: each one is a behaviour you can look for in your own logs, and a control you can test.
execution7
persistence1
discovery8
command and control2
exfiltration1
Tools
Legitimate or dual-use software the group is documented using. Most of it is software your own administrators use too, which is the point.
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