Octopus

  • First known sample

    1990

  • Discovery

    2018

  • Number of targets

    Unknown

  • Current status

    Active

  • Type

    Trojan

  • TOP targeted countries

    Central Asia

  • Connected attacks

    ZooPark
OCTOPUS

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  • The way of propagation

    Exploits

  • Purpose/Functions

    Cyberespionage , Cybersabotage

  • Targets

    Diplomatic organizations/embassies
  • Description

    A malicious Windows program distributed by DustSquad. In April 2018, the attackers used the potential ban of Telegram to push the malware as alternative communication software.

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  1. Adding detection for known modules
  2. Collecting samples
  3. Reversing the samples
  4. Decrypting sophisticated encryption and compression schemes
  5. Understanding lateral movement
  6. Outlining multiple attack stages in the correct order
  7. Mapping C&C infrastructure
  8. Setting up sinkholes
  9. Analyzing collected traffic and communication protocols
  10. Crawling other hosts that understand the same protocol
  11. Taking down and acquiring images of C&C servers
  12. Identifying victims, sending out notifications to victims and global CERTs
  13. Applying forensic analysis and extracting logs, stolen files, other components
  14. Collecting and analyzing data from KSN, C&C servers, individual victims who are willing to work with us, sinkholes, crawlers, etc.
  15. Writing a comprehensive report
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