H3XA — Operational Evidence

TypeMalware

External ID—

First seen2026-08-14

Last seen2026-08-14

Confidence

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[Octopus](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0340) is a Windows Trojan written in the Delphi programming language that has been used by [Nomadic Octopus](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0133) to target government organizations in Central Asia since at least 2014.(Citation: Securelist Octopus Oct 2018)(Citation: Security Affairs DustSquad Oct 2018)(Citation: ESET Nomadic Octopus 2018)

Labels

malware

20 recorded

Relationships

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from Nomadic Octopus

Group

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to Archive via Utility

Technique

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to Data from Local System

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to Exfiltration Over C2 Channel

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to Exfiltration to Cloud Storage

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to File and Directory Discovery

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to Ingress Tool Transfer

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to Local Data Staging

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to Local Storage Discovery

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to Malicious File

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to Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location

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to Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

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to Screen Capture

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to Spearphishing Attachment

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to Standard Encoding

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to System Information Discovery

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to System Network Configuration Discovery

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to System Owner/User Discovery

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to Web Protocols

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to Windows Management Instrumentation

Technique

5 external

References

mitre-attack

S0340

Octopus

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ESET Nomadic Octopus 2018

https://www.virusbulletin.com/uploads/pdf/conference_slides/2018/Cherepanov-VB2018-Octopus.pdf

Securelist Octopus Oct 2018

https://securelist.com/octopus-infested-seas-of-central-asia/88200/

Security Affairs DustSquad Oct 2018

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/77165/apt/russia-linked-apt-dustsquad.html