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SideCopyG1008 state

🇵🇰 PK

aka SideCopy

Last updated: 2026-08-20

0attributed CVEs
25ATT&CK techniques
0.0IDF score (tooling uniqueness)
0exclusive CVEs
—years active

About this actor

The SideCopy APT is a Pakistani threat actor that has been operating since at least 2019, mainly targeting South Asian countries and more specifically India and Afghanistan. Its name comes from its infection chain that tries to mimic that of the SideWinder APT. It has been reported that this actor has similarities with Transparent Tribe (APT36) and possibly is a subdivision of this actor. Cisco Talos and Seqrite have provided comprehensive reports on this actor’s activities.

Source: MITRE ATT&CK

Names & naming systems

Each vendor coins its own name for the same actor. Where a name follows a known scheme we attribute it; the rest are listed honestly as unclassified.

MITRE ATT&CKG-number catalogue id

G1008

Unclassifiedno scheme matched

SideCopy

How we know this

Data origin
MITRE ATT&CK Imported from the MITRE ATT&CK STIX bundle as an intrusion-set object.
Techniques
MITRE ATT&CK STIX mappings — 25 ATT&CK techniques on file.
Named victims
None on file.

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Activity timeline

No activity events recorded.

Profile

CVERiskCVSSEPSSPublishedProducts
No attributed CVEs.

Mitigating controls (NIST 800-53)

ControlTechniques coveredCoverage
CM-216 / 2564%
CM-616 / 2564%
SI-316 / 2564%
SI-416 / 2564%
CA-713 / 2552%
CM-712 / 2548%
SI-1010 / 2540%
SI-710 / 2540%
AC-49 / 2536%
SC-78 / 2532%
SI-28 / 2532%
AC-67 / 2528%
IA-97 / 2528%
RA-57 / 2528%
AC-26 / 2524%

Co-occurring actors

None.

Similar actors

Similar TTPs

Same nation-state

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