Threat Actor Profile
High APT
Description

Sowbug is a threat group that has conducted targeted attacks against organizations in South America and Southeast Asia, particularly government entities, since at least 2015. (Citation: Symantec Sowbug Nov 2017)

Confidence Score
90%
Known Aliases
Sowbug
Tags
mitre-attack stix-2.1 intrusion-set
First Seen

Unknown

Last Updated

Unknown

Active Status
Active
Created

April 29, 2026

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques (9)
T1039 - Data from Network Shared Drive
Collection
T1056.001 - Keylogging
Collection
T1560.001 - Archive via Utility
Collection
T1003 - OS Credential Dumping
Credential Access
T1036.005 - Match Legitimate Resource Name or Locat…
Defense Evasion
T1082 - System Information Discovery
Discovery
T1083 - File and Directory Discovery
Discovery
T1135 - Network Share Discovery
Discovery
T1059.003 - Windows Command Shell
Execution
Indicators of Compromise

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STIX Data
{'aliases': ['Sowbug'],
 'created': '2018-01-16T16:13:52.465Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': '[Sowbug](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0054) is a threat '
                'group that has conducted targeted attacks against '
                'organizations in South America and Southeast Asia, '
                'particularly government entities, since at least 2015. '
                '(Citation: Symantec Sowbug Nov 2017)',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'G0054',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0054'},
                         {'description': '(Citation: Symantec Sowbug Nov 2017)',
                          'source_name': 'Sowbug'},
                         {'description': 'Symantec Security Response. (2017, '
                                         'November 7). Sowbug: Cyber espionage '
                                         'group targets South American and '
                                         'Southeast Asian governments. '
                                         'Retrieved November 16, 2017.',
                          'source_name': 'Symantec Sowbug Nov 2017',
                          'url': 'https://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/sowbug-cyber-espionage-group-targets-south-american-and-southeast-asian-governments'}],
 'id': 'intrusion-set--d1acfbb3-647b-4723-9154-800ec119006e',
 'modified': '2025-04-25T14:49:21.603Z',
 'name': 'Sowbug',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'intrusion-set',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_contributors': ['Alan Neville, @abnev'],
 'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_version': '1.1'}
Quick Actions
Related TTPs (9)
Data from Network Shared Drive
Collection

Keylogging
Collection

Archive via Utility
Collection

OS Credential Dumping
Credential Access

Match Legitimate Resource Nam…
Defense Evasion