ToddyCat threat group

ToddyCat is a threat group. Public reporting links it to 25 attack techniques, and to attacks on military and government organisations, with 14 countries and victims named. This free profile shows how it works and who it targets, so you can judge the risk to you.

Attack techniques
25
Countries and victims named
14
Thought to operate from
Not known
Other names
1
Built from public reporting, with every source listed below.
Overview

Who is ToddyCat?

ToddyCat has 1 other name in security research. Below is what published reporting says about it, with a link to every report so you can check the detail yourself.

Also known as

Websiic

Security companies each give the same group their own name, so one group can have many.

What public reporting says

ToddyCat is responsible for multiple sets of attacks detected since December 2020 against high-profile entities in Europe and Asia. There is still little information about this actor, but its main distinctive signs are two formerly unknown tools that Kaspersky call ‘Samurai backdoor’ and ‘Ninja Trojan’.

How it works

How does ToddyCat attack? Stage by stage.

Each technique is a known way attackers research, get in, stay hidden or do damage. Here are the 25 linked to ToddyCat, laid out from first look to final blow. Some techniques belong to more than one stage. Pick a stage to see them. Public reporting also lists 14 more specific variations of them, called sub-techniques.

Stage 10 of 15

Looking around

Mapping the network, accounts and data once inside.

8 techniques
  • T1018Remote System Discovery
  • T1049System Network Connections Discovery
  • T1057Process Discovery
  • T1069Permission Groups Discovery
  • T1082System Information Discovery
  • T1083File and Directory Discovery
  • T1087Account Discovery
  • T1518Software Discovery
Targets

Who does ToddyCat go after?

The sectors and places named in public reporting about this group. If yours is on the list, it is worth knowing how they work and which flaws they use.

Sectors (2)

MilitaryGovernment
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Countries and victims named (14)

  1. 01Afghanistan
  2. 02India
  3. 03Indonesia
  4. 04Iran
  5. 05Kyrgyzstan
  6. 06Malaysia
  7. 07Pakistan
  8. 08Russia
  9. 09Slovakia
  10. 10Taiwan
  11. 11Thailand
  12. 12United Kingdom
  13. 13Uzbekistan
  14. 14Vietnam
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ToddyCat is a threat group. Public reporting links it to 25 attack techniques, and to attacks on military and government organisations, with 14 countries and victims named.

In public reporting, sectors named include military and government, and 14 countries and victims are named, including Afghanistan, India, Indonesia and Iran.

Public reporting links ToddyCat to 25 attack techniques. Most of them are about looking around, running code and getting in.

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