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APT groupMITRE G0054

Sowbug

Also known as: g0054

[Sowbug](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0054) is a threat group that has conducted targeted attacks against organizations in South America and Southeast Asia, particularly government entities, since at least 2015. (Citation: Symantec Sowbug Nov 2017)

Victims in the last 90 days0

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Priority mitigations

MITRE ATT&CK mitigations that cover the most techniques used by this group.

  1. Operating System Configuration (2 techniques covered)
  2. Execution Prevention (2 techniques covered)
  3. Active Directory Configuration (1 techniques covered)
  4. User Training (1 techniques covered)
  5. Restrict File and Directory Permissions (1 techniques covered)
  6. Privileged Process Integrity (1 techniques covered)
  7. Privileged Account Management (1 techniques covered)
  8. Password Policies (1 techniques covered)

MITRE ATT&CK techniques

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