SideCopy

Origin🇮🇳 Índia

Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK)16

SourceMITRE ATT&CK

About the group

SideCopy is a Pakistani threat group that has primarily targeted South Asian countries, including Indian and Afghani government personnel, since at least 2019. SideCopy's name comes from its infection chain that tries to mimic that of Sidewinder, a suspected Indian threat group.

Attack chain

Plausible scenario built from the group's real techniques, ordered by the phases of an attack. Each step shows how the group typically operates.

Arsenal severity27

Impact: High

Illustrative chain derived from techniques documented in MITRE ATT&CK — it does not represent a specific past attack. Severity summarizes the known arsenal (kill-chain coverage, actively exploited CVEs, techniques).

Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK) 16

How the group operates, mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK matrix and organized by the phases of an attack.

Reconnaissance

Spearphishing Attachment

Resource development

Domains Upload Malware

Initial access

Spearphishing Attachment

Execution

Visual Basic Native API Malicious File

Discovery

System Network Configuration Discovery System Information Discovery Software Discovery Security Software Discovery System Location Discovery

Command and control

Ingress Tool Transfer

stealth

Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location Mshta DLL

Exploited vulnerabilities

No CVEs attributed to this group in public sources (MITRE ATT&CK). Absence of attribution does not mean absence of activity.

References

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