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	"id": "fcf258fc-375d-4777-bde9-9ed2ffbd9d4c",
	"created_at": "2026-04-06T00:13:57.599682Z",
	"updated_at": "2026-04-10T13:11:42.460048Z",
	"deleted_at": null,
	"sha1_hash": "5edd7d2c185c1cc91e46f13b429579145769d894",
	"title": "Indicators of compromise for malware used by APT28",
	"llm_title": "",
	"authors": "",
	"file_creation_date": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z",
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	"plain_text": "Indicators of compromise for malware used by APT28\r\nPublished: 2018-10-04 · Archived: 2026-04-02 11:54:21 UTC\r\nAdvanced Persistent Threat group, APT28 (also known as Fancy Bear, Pawn Storm, the Sednit Gang and Sofacy),\r\nis a highly skilled threat actor. APT28 has previously used tools including X-Tunnel, X-Agent and CompuTrace to\r\npenetrate target networks. The signatures and Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) included in this advisory will\r\nassist in detecting the presence of APT28 malware on your platforms and networks.\r\nYou can download the attached advisory below.\r\nSource: https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/alerts/indicators-compromise-malware-used-apt28\r\nhttps://www.ncsc.gov.uk/alerts/indicators-compromise-malware-used-apt28\r\nPage 1 of 1",
	"extraction_quality": 1,
	"language": "EN",
	"sources": [
		"ETDA",
		"Malpedia"
	],
	"origins": [
		"web"
	],
	"references": [
		"https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/alerts/indicators-compromise-malware-used-apt28"
	],
	"report_names": [
		"indicators-compromise-malware-used-apt28"
	],
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			"updated_at": "2026-04-10T02:00:02.954105Z",
			"deleted_at": null,
			"main_name": "APT28",
			"aliases": [
				"Pawn Storm",
				"ATK5",
				"Fighting Ursa",
				"Blue Athena",
				"TA422",
				"T-APT-12",
				"APT-C-20",
				"UAC-0001",
				"IRON TWILIGHT",
				"SIG40",
				"UAC-0028",
				"Sofacy",
				"BlueDelta",
				"Fancy Bear",
				"GruesomeLarch",
				"Group 74",
				"ITG05",
				"FROZENLAKE",
				"Forest Blizzard",
				"FANCY BEAR",
				"Sednit",
				"SNAKEMACKEREL",
				"Tsar Team",
				"TG-4127",
				"STRONTIUM",
				"Grizzly Steppe",
				"G0007"
			],
			"source_name": "MISPGALAXY:APT28",
			"tools": [],
			"source_id": "MISPGALAXY",
			"reports": null
		},
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			"created_at": "2022-10-25T16:47:55.914348Z",
			"updated_at": "2026-04-10T02:00:03.610018Z",
			"deleted_at": null,
			"main_name": "IRON TWILIGHT",
			"aliases": [
				"APT28 ",
				"ATK5 ",
				"Blue Athena ",
				"BlueDelta ",
				"FROZENLAKE ",
				"Fancy Bear ",
				"Fighting Ursa ",
				"Forest Blizzard ",
				"GRAPHITE ",
				"Group 74 ",
				"PawnStorm ",
				"STRONTIUM ",
				"Sednit ",
				"Snakemackerel ",
				"Sofacy ",
				"TA422 ",
				"TG-4127 ",
				"Tsar Team ",
				"UAC-0001 "
			],
			"source_name": "Secureworks:IRON TWILIGHT",
			"tools": [
				"Downdelph",
				"EVILTOSS",
				"SEDUPLOADER",
				"SHARPFRONT"
			],
			"source_id": "Secureworks",
			"reports": null
		},
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			"created_at": "2022-10-25T15:50:23.671663Z",
			"updated_at": "2026-04-10T02:00:05.283292Z",
			"deleted_at": null,
			"main_name": "APT28",
			"aliases": [
				"APT28",
				"IRON TWILIGHT",
				"SNAKEMACKEREL",
				"Group 74",
				"Sednit",
				"Sofacy",
				"Pawn Storm",
				"Fancy Bear",
				"STRONTIUM",
				"Tsar Team",
				"Threat Group-4127",
				"TG-4127",
				"Forest Blizzard",
				"FROZENLAKE",
				"GruesomeLarch"
			],
			"source_name": "MITRE:APT28",
			"tools": [
				"Wevtutil",
				"certutil",
				"Forfiles",
				"DealersChoice",
				"Mimikatz",
				"ADVSTORESHELL",
				"Komplex",
				"HIDEDRV",
				"JHUHUGIT",
				"Koadic",
				"Winexe",
				"cipher.exe",
				"XTunnel",
				"Drovorub",
				"CORESHELL",
				"OLDBAIT",
				"Downdelph",
				"XAgentOSX",
				"USBStealer",
				"Zebrocy",
				"reGeorg",
				"Fysbis",
				"LoJax"
			],
			"source_id": "MITRE",
			"reports": null
		},
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			"created_at": "2022-10-25T16:07:24.212584Z",
			"updated_at": "2026-04-10T02:00:04.900038Z",
			"deleted_at": null,
			"main_name": "Sofacy",
			"aliases": [
				"APT 28",
				"ATK 5",
				"Blue Athena",
				"BlueDelta",
				"FROZENLAKE",
				"Fancy Bear",
				"Fighting Ursa",
				"Forest Blizzard",
				"G0007",
				"Grey-Cloud",
				"Grizzly Steppe",
				"Group 74",
				"GruesomeLarch",
				"ITG05",
				"Iron Twilight",
				"Operation DealersChoice",
				"Operation Dear Joohn",
				"Operation Komplex",
				"Operation Pawn Storm",
				"Operation RoundPress",
				"Operation Russian Doll",
				"Operation Steal-It",
				"Pawn Storm",
				"SIG40",
				"Sednit",
				"Snakemackerel",
				"Sofacy",
				"Strontium",
				"T-APT-12",
				"TA422",
				"TAG-0700",
				"TAG-110",
				"TG-4127",
				"Tsar Team",
				"UAC-0028",
				"UAC-0063"
			],
			"source_name": "ETDA:Sofacy",
			"tools": [
				"ADVSTORESHELL",
				"AZZY",
				"Backdoor.SofacyX",
				"CHERRYSPY",
				"CORESHELL",
				"Carberp",
				"Computrace",
				"DealersChoice",
				"Delphacy",
				"Downdelph",
				"Downrage",
				"Drovorub",
				"EVILTOSS",
				"Foozer",
				"GAMEFISH",
				"GooseEgg",
				"Graphite",
				"HATVIBE",
				"HIDEDRV",
				"Headlace",
				"Impacket",
				"JHUHUGIT",
				"JKEYSKW",
				"Koadic",
				"Komplex",
				"LOLBAS",
				"LOLBins",
				"Living off the Land",
				"LoJack",
				"LoJax",
				"MASEPIE",
				"Mimikatz",
				"NETUI",
				"Nimcy",
				"OCEANMAP",
				"OLDBAIT",
				"PocoDown",
				"PocoDownloader",
				"Popr-d30",
				"ProcDump",
				"PythocyDbg",
				"SMBExec",
				"SOURFACE",
				"SPLM",
				"STEELHOOK",
				"Sasfis",
				"Sedkit",
				"Sednit",
				"Sedreco",
				"Seduploader",
				"Shunnael",
				"SkinnyBoy",
				"Sofacy",
				"SofacyCarberp",
				"SpiderLabs Responder",
				"Trojan.Shunnael",
				"Trojan.Sofacy",
				"USB Stealer",
				"USBStealer",
				"VPNFilter",
				"Win32/USBStealer",
				"WinIDS",
				"Winexe",
				"X-Agent",
				"X-Tunnel",
				"XAPS",
				"XTunnel",
				"Xagent",
				"Zebrocy",
				"Zekapab",
				"carberplike",
				"certutil",
				"certutil.exe",
				"fysbis",
				"webhp"
			],
			"source_id": "ETDA",
			"reports": null
		}
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	"ts_updated_at": 1775826702,
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