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File · RAZOR TIGER · Nation-state · assessed origin India · misp-galaxy + mitre-attack · refreshed 2026-10-06

RAZOR TIGER

  • SideWinder
  • Rattlesnake
  • APT-C-17
  • T-APT-04

state sponsor · IndiaMITRE G0121 ↗

RAZOR TIGER — ATT&CK roseRT

attack rose · 30 techniques across 9 tactics

Analyst brief

misp-galaxy + mitre-attack

An actor mainly targeting Pakistan military targets, active since at least 2012. We have low confidence that this malware might be authored by an Indian company. To spread the malware, they use unique implementations to leverage the exploits of known vulnerabilities (such as CVE-2017-11882) and later deploy a Powershell payload in the final stages.

Observed targets (as stated by the sources)

4 countries · 3 sectors
ChinaPakistanNepalAfghanistanAssessed origin: India

assessed origin · Indiaobserved targets · 4

countries · 4

  • China
  • Pakistan
  • Nepal
  • Afghanistan

sectors · 3

  • Government
  • Military
  • Private Sector

as stated by MISP galaxy / ransomware.live — not inferred

Kill chain

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise · tap a technique

30 techniques · 9 of 15 tactics

  1. Reconnaissance

    2 techniques

  2. Initial access

    2 techniques

  3. Execution

    7 techniques

  4. Persistence

    1 technique

  5. Stealth

    5 techniques

  6. Discovery

    8 techniques

  7. Collection

    2 techniques

  8. Command and control

    2 techniques

  9. Exfiltration

    1 technique

select a technique

Arsenal

1 tools
Tools
Tools · 1ATT&CK
KoadicS0250 ↗

as stated by MITRE ATT&CK · “shared by” counts roster dossiers citing the same S-id

Primary-source reports

via APTnotes · linked, never re-hosted
  1. 2014Sidewinder Targeted Attack Against Android In The Golden Age Of Ad LibrariesFireEye ↗

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References

12 sources
  1. 1.securelist.com/apt-trends-report-q1-2018/85280
  2. 2.blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/first-active-attack-ex…
  3. 3.otx.alienvault.com/pulse/5fd10760f9afb730d37c4742
  4. 4.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/20/l/sidewinder-leverages-south-asian-t…
  5. 5.s.tencent.com/research/report/659.html
  6. 6.fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/global/en/current-threats/pdfs…
  7. 7.s.tencent.com/research/report/479.html
  8. 8.medium.com/@Sebdraven/apt-sidewinder-tricks-powershell-anti-foren…
  9. 9.mp.weixin.qq.com/s/8j_rHA7gdMxY1_X8alj8Zg
  10. 10.attack.mitre.org/groups/G0121
  11. +2 more in the JSON record

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