Octopus
Software · ATTACK:enterprise:S0340
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:S0340",
"title": "Octopus",
"type": "Software",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0340",
"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--e2031fd5-02c2-43d4-85e2-b64f474530c2",
"external_id": "S0340",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2019-01-30T13:24:08.616Z",
"modified": "2025-10-22T02:21:47.267Z",
"version": "2.1",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "Octopus"
},
{
"source_name": "ESET Nomadic Octopus 2018",
"url": "https://www.virusbulletin.com/uploads/pdf/conference_slides/2018/Cherepanov-VB2018-Octopus.pdf"
},
{
"source_name": "Securelist Octopus Oct 2018",
"url": "https://securelist.com/octopus-infested-seas-of-central-asia/88200/"
},
{
"source_name": "Security Affairs DustSquad Oct 2018",
"url": "https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/77165/apt/russia-linked-apt-dustsquad.html"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (20)
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:G0133 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:S0340
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--0c9329e5-eb38-4887-b434-d6a3a69f2205
Security Affairs DustSquad Oct 2018 · Securelist Octopus Oct 2018 · ESET Nomadic Octopus 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0340 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1005
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--17e5edb8-fcdf-4581-a428-5a3a75fc675a
ESET Nomadic Octopus 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0340 → 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--348f9f2e-c959-4485-9a0b-e95f6d4ceb72
Securelist Octopus Oct 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0340 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1132.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--4919cec0-77ce-4505-91e5-5a538fe1b198
Securelist Octopus Oct 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0340 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1041
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--49267afd-b71b-4dd0-a68a-128e61f7bdfd
Securelist Octopus Oct 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0340 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1036.005
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--5bb90c4f-b260-4de2-8312-8de73df3fead
Securelist Octopus Oct 2018 · ESET Nomadic Octopus 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0340 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1016
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--6b184c8f-99d6-4af2-8c01-34fc5d6d89e3
Securelist Octopus Oct 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0340 → 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--6d3fee1f-1c19-4ad8-9cd9-e5b00e5b040a
Securelist Octopus Oct 2018 · Security Affairs DustSquad Oct 2018 · ESET Nomadic Octopus 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0340 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1567.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--6e137013-3837-4b56-8424-4ea6d87044b5
ESET Nomadic Octopus 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0340 → 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--75a1f636-76d3-4029-ae40-0a7a3b8d7eba
Securelist Octopus Oct 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0340 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--850d1949-38bc-4cb2-be8f-22d249ebfaf5
Securelist Octopus Oct 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0340 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1074.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--97ffb5c1-05da-42b4-90eb-60c1eedc1292
Securelist Octopus Oct 2018 · ESET Nomadic Octopus 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0340 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1560.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ae4c3306-57b7-46da-8073-9336cf96e5cf
ESET Nomadic Octopus 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0340 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1047
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b4810e29-e543-4816-a6a2-d9c0b96eed07
Securelist Octopus Oct 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0340 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1071.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b58b7cb7-ba2a-40ef-9532-c134b8811415
ESET Nomadic Octopus 2018 · Securelist Octopus Oct 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0340 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1566.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c389a84f-0ab2-4ab8-aa65-cb668513fce8
ESET Nomadic Octopus 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0340 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1105
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c77d6f2a-664e-4bbb-bf86-c2c58adbdc84
Securelist Octopus Oct 2018 · Security Affairs DustSquad Oct 2018 · ESET Nomadic Octopus 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0340 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1680
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c8a336f0-300c-4c9a-a501-5d679f583048
Securelist Octopus Oct 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0340 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1204.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--e3f77039-014f-4786-b226-808167d75a96
ESET Nomadic Octopus 2018ATTACK:enterprise:S0340 → 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--f590ef19-3b83-459d-993c-a599407b7ca0
Securelist Octopus Oct 2018 · Security Affairs DustSquad Oct 2018 · ESET Nomadic Octopus 2018