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G0133 · 7 ATT&CK techniques · 0 correlated reports

Nomadic Octopus

Aliases: DustSquad

Nomadic Octopus is a Russian-speaking cyber espionage threat group that has primarily targeted Central Asia, including local governments, diplomatic missions, and individuals, since at least 2014. Nomadic Octopus has been observed conducting campaigns involving Android and Windows malware, mainly using the Delphi programming language, and building custom variants.

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ATT&CK techniques

T1059.003
Windows Command ShellT1036
MasqueradingT1566.001
Spearphishing AttachmentT1204.002
Malicious FileT1105
Ingress Tool TransferT1564.003
Hidden WindowT1059.001
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Module 4 — Detection engineering and detection as code
Blue Team & Defensive Security · explicit-idModule 5 — Threat hunting
Blue Team & Defensive Security · explicit-nameWindows endpoint and identity forensics
Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) · explicit-namePrompt injection, instruction hierarchy, and secure output handling
AI Security · topic-matchModule 2 — The Intelligence Cycle Intelligence Types
Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) · topic-matchModule 8 — Operationalizing CTI (CTI → Detection)
Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) · topic-matchWeakness taxonomy and vulnerability identity
Vulnerability Research & Exploit Development · topic-matchInput boundaries, injection prevention, and safe output
Secure Code & Application Security · topic-matchControlled dynamic behavior and differential observation
Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering · tactic-routeDisk, file-system, and persistence forensics
Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) · tactic-routeModule 5 — Cloud, containers, and Kubernetes
Red Team & Offensive Security · tactic-routeStatic triage: strings, imports, resources, and capabilities
Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering · tactic-route