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Sidewinder
Aliases: Rattlesnake, Sidewinder, T-APT-04
[Sidewinder](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0121) 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.(Citation: ATT Sidewinder January 2021)(Citation: Securelist APT Trends April 2018)(Citation: Cyble Sidewinder September 2020)
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Attack tools, simulations and detection rules
Follow explicit source relationships into the reference modules. Linked procedures and detectors are not claims of live validation or actor attribution.
- Koadic tool reference — Explicit actor uses software relationship in pinned ATT&CK
- T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1016 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1020 Automated Exfiltration simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1020 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1027.010 Command Obfuscation simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1027.010 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1027.013 Encrypted/Encoded File simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1027.013 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1033 System Owner/User Discovery simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1033 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1036.005 Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1036.005 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1057 Process Discovery simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1057 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1059.001 PowerShell simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1059.001 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1059.005 Visual Basic simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1059.005 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1059.007 JavaScript simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1059.007 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1071.001 Web Protocols simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1071.001 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1074.001 Local Data Staging simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1074.001 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1082 System Information Discovery simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1082 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1083 File and Directory Discovery simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1083 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1105 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1119 Automated Collection simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1119 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1124 System Time Discovery simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1124 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1203 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1204.001 Malicious Link simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1204.001 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1204.002 Malicious File simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1204.002 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1218.005 Mshta simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1218.005 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1518 Software Discovery simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1518 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1518.001 Security Software Discovery simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1518.001 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1547.001 Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1547.001 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1559.002 Dynamic Data Exchange simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1559.002 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1566.001 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1566.002 Spearphishing Link simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1566.002 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1574.001 DLL simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1574.001 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1598.002 Spearphishing Attachment simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1598.002 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1598.003 Spearphishing Link simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1598.003 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
Cyber Knowledge routes
These contextual routes explain behaviors associated with this ATT&CK group record. They support learning and investigation planning; they do not add attribution evidence.
Module 4 — Detection engineering and detection as code
Blue Team & Defensive Security · explicit-idExploitability validation and laboratory exploit engineering
Vulnerability Research & Exploit Development · explicit-idModule 5 — Threat hunting
Blue Team & Defensive Security · explicit-nameWindows endpoint and identity forensics
Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) · explicit-nameMobile and Android vulnerability research
Vulnerability Research & Exploit Development · explicit-nameModule 4 — Collection Sources
Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) · explicit-nameModule 10 — Cloud, containers, Kubernetes, and SaaS defense
Blue Team & Defensive Security · topic-matchModule 1 — Mission, authorization, and methodology
Red Team & Offensive Security · topic-matchModule 6 — Alert triage, investigation, and escalation
Blue Team & Defensive Security · topic-matchPublic code, packages, cloud artifacts, documents, and exposed secrets
OSINT & Reconnaissance · topic-matchSecure AI development lifecycle and production release gate
AI Security · topic-matchAI-assisted analysis, RAG/MCP controls, and defensive handoff
Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering · topic-match
Blue Team & Defensive Security · explicit-idExploitability validation and laboratory exploit engineering
Vulnerability Research & Exploit Development · explicit-idModule 5 — Threat hunting
Blue Team & Defensive Security · explicit-nameWindows endpoint and identity forensics
Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) · explicit-nameMobile and Android vulnerability research
Vulnerability Research & Exploit Development · explicit-nameModule 4 — Collection Sources
Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) · explicit-nameModule 10 — Cloud, containers, Kubernetes, and SaaS defense
Blue Team & Defensive Security · topic-matchModule 1 — Mission, authorization, and methodology
Red Team & Offensive Security · topic-matchModule 6 — Alert triage, investigation, and escalation
Blue Team & Defensive Security · topic-matchPublic code, packages, cloud artifacts, documents, and exposed secrets
OSINT & Reconnaissance · topic-matchSecure AI development lifecycle and production release gate
AI Security · topic-matchAI-assisted analysis, RAG/MCP controls, and defensive handoff
Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering · topic-match