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KNOTWEED Assessment Summary

ID: 5ce3a48a-6086-591f-9e34-b6fcccdb55ae

STIX ID: report--5ce3a48a-6086-591f-9e34-b6fcccdb55ae

Feed Name: Elastic Security Labs

Threat Score
85/100

Date Published: 2022-11-30

Date Updated: 2026-04-27

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This Elastic report summarizes MSTIC findings on KNOTWEED (attributed to DSIRF), a private-sector offensive actor using 0-day Adobe and Windows exploits to deploy Subzero spyware against targeted legal, financial, and NGO victims in Europe and Latin America; it details the spyware components and capabilities (credential theft, reconnaissance, persistence), Elastic detections and hunting queries, and recommended countermeasures.

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