Nomadic Octopus

APT-C-34 DustSquad G0133

▲ High Threat

Edge Device Exploitation Campaign, DustSquad Espionage Operation

Origin unknown

Sponsor unknown

Motivation strategic espionage and intelligence collection

Target Sectors

government agencies defense industrial base aerospace telecommunications technology sectors

spear-phishing with malicious attachments

exploitation of edge gateway vulnerabilities

living-off-the-land (LotL) techniques

credential harvesting

custom malware deployment

use of legitimate administrative tools for lateral movement

CISA Advisories ↗

Hacking the mainframe…