Southeast Asian APT Group Saaiwc Targets Military and Financial Departments with PowerDism Backdoor

Threat Level

Actor Report

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Summary

Saaiwc Group (APT-LY-1005) is a newly identified APT group that is thought to operate in Southeast Asia. The group’s main tactic is to use an ISO file as a malicious payload, which when executed, injects a PowerShell command into the local registry and loads a PowerShell backdoor named PowerDism.