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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 2018

ATTACK: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 2018

ATTACK: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 2018

ATTACK: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 2018

ATTACK: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 2018

ATTACK: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 2018

ATTACK: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 2018

ATTACK: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 2018

ATTACK: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 2018

ATTACK: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 2018

ATTACK: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 2018

ATTACK: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 2018

ATTACK: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 2018

ATTACK: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 2018

ATTACK: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 2018

ATTACK: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 2018

ATTACK: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 2018

ATTACK: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 2018

ATTACK: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 2018

ATTACK: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

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