Sunbird
Essential information
- Confidence
- 100/100
- Is family
- Yes
- Published
- 04/08/2023 20:27
- Modified
- 27/03/2026 01:41
- Revoked
- No
- Author / Source
- The MITRE Corporation
- Related entities
- 17 attack patterns (mitre), 1 intrusion sets (apt)
Description
[Sunbird](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1082) is one of two mobile malware families known to be used by the APT [Confucius](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0142). Analysis suggests that [Sunbird](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1082) was first active in early 2017. While [Sunbird](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1082) and [Hornbill](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1077) overlap in core capabilities, [Sunbird](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1082) has a more extensive set of malicious features.(Citation: lookout_hornbill_sunbird_0221)
Marking (TLP)
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