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{
  "id": "ATTACK:enterprise:S0161",
  "title": "XAgentOSX",
  "type": "Software",
  "source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0161",
  "snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
  "status": "active",
  "rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
  "review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
  "stix_id": "malware--59a97b15-8189-4d51-9404-e1ce8ea4a069",
  "external_id": "S0161",
  "domain": "enterprise",
  "created": "2017-12-14T16:46:06.044Z",
  "modified": "2025-04-25T14:43:27.602Z",
  "version": "1.3",
  "aliases": [

  ],
  "tactics": [

  ],
  "source_references": [
    {
      "source_name": "XAgentOSX"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "OSX.Sofacy"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "XAgentOSX 2017",
      "url": "https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/02/unit42-xagentosx-sofacys-xagent-macos-tool/"
    },
    {
      "source_name": "Symantec APT28 Oct 2018",
      "url": "https://www.symantec.com/blogs/election-security/apt28-espionage-military-government"
    }
  ]
}

Explicit source assertions (11)

First 80 shown here; the complete set is in this record’s JSON and plaintext. Each relationship retains its source and locator. No inferred relationships are added.

ATTACK:enterprise:S0161 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1056.001

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--11ed82c1-88af-4c23-860e-185505389288

ATTACK:enterprise:S0161 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1033

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--31cd4eb1-f7b3-4030-b087-388d55faba03

ATTACK:enterprise:S0161 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1083

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--63a7bbf6-bb2e-41e7-8893-c3f7f207a7a7

XAgentOSX 2017 · XAgentOSX 2017

ATTACK:enterprise:S0161 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1071.002

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--785abba4-fdb4-4aad-9049-5a0c748cc965

ATTACK:enterprise:S0161 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1555.003

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b9e2fac9-fc1a-4e13-ac68-1a5796b04d72

ATTACK:enterprise:S0161 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1057

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--bb005145-438c-4fd8-9cac-a636df7465da

ATTACK:enterprise:S0161 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1113

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c0223316-4b0b-461e-8947-01c0f5baeef2

ATTACK:enterprise:G0007 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:S0161

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--cfe2a359-bbab-4520-bdd7-b2d6abf742cc

XAgentOSX 2017 · Symantec APT28 Oct 2018 · US District Court Indictment GRU Oct 2018

ATTACK:enterprise:S0161 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1082

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ec362b37-1a64-4b28-8d34-7819d0aa5b2a

ATTACK:enterprise:S0161 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1070.004

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f5fee3da-a3ef-4a81-a70c-9660ab1fb3d6

ATTACK:enterprise:S0161 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1106

MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.

Assertion source · Locator: relationship--fc4811c4-103b-48b7-9e52-20d574cfc4bf

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