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Sunbird

The MITRE Corporation · Published 04/08/2023 20:27 · Modified 27/03/2026 01:41 Family

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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