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MoustachedBouncerG1019 state
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aka MoustachedBouncer
Last updated: 2026-08-20
About this actor
MoustachedBouncer is a cyberespionage group discovered by ESET Research and first publicly disclosed in August 2023. The group has been active since at least 2014 and only targets foreign embassies in Belarus. Since 2020, MoustachedBouncer has most likely been able to perform adversary-in-the-middle (AitM) attacks at the ISP level, within Belarus, in order to compromise its targets. The group uses two separate toolsets that we have named NightClub and Disco.
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
Unclassifiedno scheme matched
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 — 11 ATT&CK techniques on file.
- Named victims
- None on file.
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Activity timeline
No activity events recorded.
Profile
| CVE | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | Published | Products |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No attributed CVEs. | |||||
T1027Obfuscated Files or Information ↗T1027.002Software Packing ↗T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter ↗T1059.001PowerShell ↗T1059.007JavaScript ↗T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation ↗T1074Data Staged ↗T1074.002Remote Data Staging ↗T1090Proxy ↗T1113Screen Capture ↗T1659Content Injection ↗
Mitigating controls (NIST 800-53)
| Control | Techniques covered | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
SI-3 | 7 / 11 | 64% |
SI-4 | 7 / 11 | 64% |
CM-2 | 6 / 11 | 55% |
CM-6 | 6 / 11 | 55% |
SI-7 | 6 / 11 | 55% |
AC-3 | 5 / 11 | 45% |
CM-7 | 5 / 11 | 45% |
SI-2 | 5 / 11 | 45% |
AC-17 | 4 / 11 | 36% |
AC-2 | 4 / 11 | 36% |
AC-6 | 4 / 11 | 36% |
CA-7 | 4 / 11 | 36% |
CM-8 | 4 / 11 | 36% |
RA-5 | 4 / 11 | 36% |
SI-10 | 4 / 11 | 36% |
Co-occurring actors
None.
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