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🌐Windshift

🌐 Windshift is a tracked threat actor in the Clankerusecase corpus. ??-aligned. Primary motivation: Unknown. We map 14 detection use cases to this actor across 19 MITRE ATT&CK techniques, with 0 threat-intel articles citing them.

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14Use cases

0Articles

19Techniques

0IOCs

About this actor (MITRE)

[Windshift](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0112) is a threat group that has been active since at least 2017, targeting specific individuals for surveillance in government departments and critical infrastructure across the Middle East.(Citation: SANS Windshift August 2018)(Citation: objective-see windtail1 dec 2018)(Citation: objective-see windtail2 jan 2019)

Known aliases

WindshiftBahamut

Top techniques

T1027 · Obfuscated Files or Information T1033 · System Owner/User Discovery T1036 · Masquerading

All other tracked techniques

T1036.001 · Invalid Code Signature T1047 · Windows Management Instrumentation T1057 · Process Discovery T1059.005 · Visual Basic T1071.001 · Web Protocols T1082 · System Information Discovery T1105 · Ingress Tool Transfer T1189 · Drive-by Compromise T1204.001 · Malicious Link T1204.002 · Malicious File T1518 · Software Discovery T1518.001 · Security Software Discovery T1547.001 · Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder T1566.001 · Spearphishing Attachment T1566.002 · Spearphishing Link T1566.003 · Spearphishing via Service

Detection use cases (14)

Windshift / Bahamut VBScript spearphishing stager → HKCU Run persistence chain AI · profile S Windshift post-exploit reconnaissance — VBS-spawned WMI/native security-product enumeration AI · profile S Brand-Impersonation Domain Fetch Followed by User-Context Loader Within 10 Minutes MITRE match Cross-Platform ClickFix Paste-to-Pipe Loader (UI-Parent Shell with Decode-and-Execute Payload) MITRE match Developer package install spawning script-host with non-registry C2 within 5 minutes MITRE match Internet-Facing Service Process Spawning Unix Shell or Ingress-Tool LOLBin (Edge Zero-Day Post-Exploit) MITRE match Internet-facing service process spawns shell/LOLBin within minutes of public inbound connection — post-RCE command execution MITRE match Low-Code / AI Workflow Runtime Sandbox-Escape — Server Process Spawns Shell + Public Egress MITRE match Non-Browser Process Reads Browser Credential / Cookie SQLite Then Egresses to Public Destination Within 10 Minutes MITRE match npm/yarn/pnpm Install-Hook Spawn → Credential-Store Read or Worm-Payload Drop in node_modules MITRE match OAuth Device-Code Consent Phish to Cross-IP Cloud Token Replay MITRE match Package Manager / Dev-Tool Auto-Execution Triggers Non-Registry Egress or Credential-Store Access MITRE match Package Manager Install Hook Spawns Scripting Interpreter Then Touches Credential Files or Egresses Off-Registry MITRE match Package Manager Install Spawning Outbound Egress to Non-Registry Infrastructure Within 5 Minutes MITRE match