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Nomadic Octopus

Also reported as DustSquad, Golden Falcon and APT-C-34. Linked to Russia by three sources.

Reports
24
Last reported
Known CVEs
3
Techniques in ATT&CK
7
Origin
Russia
ID
G0133
Merge evidence
10 alias matches

Reports per quarter

  1. 2012 Q3: 1 report
  2. 2012 Q4: 1 report
  3. 2013 Q1: no reports
  4. 2013 Q2: no reports
  5. 2013 Q3: no reports
  6. 2013 Q4: no reports
  7. 2014 Q1: no reports
  8. 2014 Q2: no reports
  9. 2014 Q3: no reports
  10. 2014 Q4: no reports
  11. 2015 Q1: no reports
  12. 2015 Q2: no reports
  13. 2015 Q3: no reports
  14. 2015 Q4: no reports
  15. 2016 Q1: no reports
  16. 2016 Q2: no reports
  17. 2016 Q3: no reports
  18. 2016 Q4: no reports
  19. 2017 Q1: no reports
  20. 2017 Q2: no reports
  21. 2017 Q3: 1 report
  22. 2017 Q4: no reports
  23. 2018 Q1: 1 report
  24. 2018 Q2: no reports
  25. 2018 Q3: no reports
  26. 2018 Q4: 3 reports
  27. 2019 Q1: 1 report
  28. 2019 Q2: no reports
  29. 2019 Q3: no reports
  30. 2019 Q4: 4 reports
  31. 2020 Q1: 1 report
  32. 2020 Q2: no reports
  33. 2020 Q3: 1 report
  34. 2020 Q4: no reports
  35. 2021 Q1: no reports
  36. 2021 Q2: no reports
  37. 2021 Q3: no reports
  38. 2021 Q4: no reports
  39. 2022 Q1: no reports
  40. 2022 Q2: 3 reports
  41. 2022 Q3: no reports
  42. 2022 Q4: no reports
  43. 2023 Q1: no reports
  44. 2023 Q2: 1 report
  45. 2023 Q3: no reports
  46. 2023 Q4: no reports
  47. 2024 Q1: 1 report
  48. 2024 Q2: no reports
  49. 2024 Q3: no reports
  50. 2024 Q4: no reports
  51. 2025 Q1: no reports
  52. 2025 Q2: no reports
  53. 2025 Q3: no reports
  54. 2025 Q4: no reports
  55. 2026 Q1: 1 report
  56. 2026 Q2: 4 reports
Dated reports, 2012 Q3 to 2026 Q2.

Techniques in ATT&CK

Listed by ATT&CK

No report from the last two years names a technique ID.

CVEs named in reports

KEV marks a CVE in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, and “ransomware” marks one that the catalog records as used in ransomware campaigns.

Reports

  1. Threat Group Cards: A Threat Actor Encyclopedia

    date ORKL added it fromORKL

  2. APT_trends_report_Q2_2022_Securelist

    file creation date fromORKL

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  1. Extensive hacking operation discovered in Kazakhstan

    date in the title fromORKL

  2. APT-C-34.cn

    date in the CCS '25 data 360 fromORKLCCS '25 data

  3. Octopus-infested seas of Central Asia

    date in the title fromORKL

  4. Russian-language actor exploits hype over Telegram ban in Central Asia

    date in the CCS '25 data Kaspersky fromORKLCCS '25 data

Newest first. Details opens the report in Explore.