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	"title": "Threat Group Cards: A Threat Actor Encyclopedia",
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	"plain_text": "Threat Group Cards: A Threat Actor Encyclopedia\r\nArchived: 2026-04-05 19:45:50 UTC\r\nHome \u003e List all groups \u003e List all tools \u003e List all groups using tool CLOSEWATCH\r\n Tool: CLOSEWATCH\r\nNames CLOSEWATCH\r\nCategory Malware\r\nType Backdoor\r\nDescription\r\n(Mandiant) CLOSEWATCH is a JSP web shell that communicates with a listener on localhost\r\nover a specified port, writes arbitrary files to the victim operating system, executes arbitrary\r\ncommands on the victim host, disables proxying and issues customizable HTTP GET requests\r\nto a range of remote hosts. If the proper HTTP URL parameters are specified, CLOSEWATCH\r\ncan create a socket connection to localhost on port 16998 where it can send and receive data\r\nusing HTTP-like communications using chunked transfer-encoding. If the range parameter is\r\nspecified, CLOSEWATCH can scan a range of IPs and ports using custom parameters. This\r\nmalware was observed at one of the earliest FIN13 investigations. Although a sample has\r\nrecently appeared on a public repository, this malware hasn’t been observed during more\r\nrecent investigations. While more than just a recon tool, CLOSEWATCH’s range parameter\r\nprovides FIN13 with another scanning capability.\r\nInformation \u003chttps://www.mandiant.com/resources/fin13-cybercriminal-mexico\u003e\r\nLast change to this tool card: 26 December 2021\r\nDownload this tool card in JSON format\r\nAll groups using tool CLOSEWATCH\r\nChanged Name Country Observed\r\nAPT groups\r\n  FIN13 [Unknown] 2016  \r\n1 group listed (1 APT, 0 other, 0 unknown)\r\nhttps://apt.etda.or.th/cgi-bin/listgroups.cgi?u=4a246aea-822b-42ba-a994-8240b820cada\r\nPage 1 of 2\n\nSource: https://apt.etda.or.th/cgi-bin/listgroups.cgi?u=4a246aea-822b-42ba-a994-8240b820cada\r\nhttps://apt.etda.or.th/cgi-bin/listgroups.cgi?u=4a246aea-822b-42ba-a994-8240b820cada\r\nPage 2 of 2\n\nAPT groups  FIN13 [Unknown] 2016\n1 group listed (1 APT, 0 other, 0 unknown) \n   Page 1 of 2",
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			"main_name": "FIN13",
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