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MITRE ATT&CK® Malware

S9058: SIGHTGRAB

SIGHTGRAB is a Windows executable written in C that captures and stages stolen data on victim devices.[1] SIGHTGRAB was first observed in 2025 and has been affiliated with the cyber espionage threat group NIMBUS MANTICORE.[1]

EnterpriseS9058MalwareObject v1.0Modified
Glexia's Take · Automated analysis

Security context for executives and security teams

Automation confidenceMedium

S9058: SIGHTGRAB describes [SIGHTGRAB](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S9058) is a Windows executable written in C that captures and stages stolen data on victim devices.(Citation: Mandiant_UNC1549_Nov2025) [SIGHTGRAB](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S9058) was first observed in 2025 and has been affiliated with the cyber espionage threat group [NIMBUS MANTICORE](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1059).(Citation: Mandiant_UNC1549_Nov2025)

Executive priority

S9058: SIGHTGRAB is an official MITRE ATT&CK software. Glexia treats it as defensive behavior context for prioritizing monitoring, control validation, and response planning without using the object by itself as an attribution claim.

Technical view

Security teams should validate S9058: SIGHTGRAB by reviewing the official ATT&CK relationships, mapped tactics (the mapped ATT&CK tactic context), supported platforms (Windows), and available local telemetry before making detection or mitigation decisions.

Likely telemetry

  • Official ATT&CK relationships and object metadata
  • Network, endpoint, and security-tool telemetry

Detection direction

  • Validate whether S9058: SIGHTGRAB appears in your detection coverage and tabletop scenarios.
  • Use the object to align executive risk language with SOC, incident response, and detection engineering work.
  • Do not treat ATT&CK relationship context as attribution without corroborating evidence.

Mitigation priorities

  • Map the object to existing controls and identify missing telemetry or response ownership.
  • Prioritize mitigations that reduce exposure on the listed platforms and tactics.
  • Review adjacent ATT&CK relationships before changing policy, detections, or reporting language.
Additional notes and limits

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This baseline take is source-grounded and schema-validated, but it does not include environment-specific telemetry, incident evidence, or threat-intelligence corroboration.

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

Official MITRE ATT&CK definition

SIGHTGRAB

SIGHTGRAB is a Windows executable written in C that captures and stages stolen data on victim devices.[1] SIGHTGRAB was first observed in 2025 and has been affiliated with the cyber espionage threat group NIMBUS MANTICORE.[1]

View the same entry on attack.mitre.org (MITRE-hosted reference; in-page links above use the Glexia ATT&CK library.)

Glexia analysis

How security teams should use this page

Treat this object as behavior context, not an attribution claim. Validate the related groups, software, data sources, and mitigations against official ATT&CK relationships and your own telemetry before making control-coverage decisions.

ATT&CK relationship table

Techniques used

This mirrors the MITRE pattern of making group, software, campaign, and technique relationships scannable. Relationship notes come from mirrored ATT&CK relationship text when available.

8 rows
DomainIDNameRelationship / procedure
EnterpriseT1005Data from Local System

SIGHTGRAB has captured and staged stolen data in folders named using a captured timestamp in the format of YYYY-MM-DD-HH-MM.[1]

EnterpriseT1106Native API

SIGHTGRAB has leveraged Windows Native API keys to execute functions to include `LoadLibraryA` and `GetProcessAddress`.[1]

EnterpriseT1027.013Encrypted/Encoded FileSub-technique

SIGHTGRAB has used XOR encrypted strings with a single-byte key of 0x41.[1]

EnterpriseT1119Automated Collection

SIGHTGRAB has autonomously captured screen shots at regular intervals.[1]

EnterpriseT1074.001Local Data StagingSub-technique

SIGHTGRAB has saved captured screenshots of victim devices to `C:\Users\Public` prior to exfiltration.[1]

EnterpriseT1113Screen Capture

SIGHTGRAB has captured screenshots of victim devices and has saved them incrementally within created folders.[1]

EnterpriseT1124System Time Discovery

SIGHTGRAB has gathered the compromised victims time to be used in the naming conventions of created folders.[1]

EnterpriseT1140Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information

SIGHTGRAB has decrypted XOR-encrypted strings.[1]

Associated objects

Groups, software, and campaigns

GroupEnterprise

G1059: NIMBUS MANTICORE

NIMBUS MANTICORE is a State Sponsored cyber espionage group associated with the Iranian Regime specifically the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). NIMBUS MANTICORE has employed social engineering attacks to include HR related themes and has leveraged custom malware against its victims. NIMBUS MANTICORE has sought sensitive information in victims’ environments to include network/IT documentation, intellectual property and emails. NIMBUS MANTICORE has also leveraged compromised organizations as pivot points to access other organizations of interest. NIMBUS MANTICORE has been active since 2021 and has targeted critical infrastructure organizations to include aviation, aerospace, telecommunications and defense and information technology related organizations within the United States, Australia, Midde East and Europe.[1][2][3][4]

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Change history

Object version and sync metadata

The fields below describe the current mirrored snapshot. When Glexia retains multiple ATT&CK source imports, you can open the table to compare the same object across releases (hashes and MITRE timestamps). For MITRE’s own release notes and roadmap, see ATT&CK resources — Updates.

ATT&CK release
20.0
Object version
1.0
Created
Modified
Raw hash
8b1e4412a2c2d646...
Imported snapshots across ATT&CK releases(1)
ReleaseBundle importedObject versionModifiedStatusRaw hash
20.01.0Current bundle8b1e4412a2c2…
Raw source

Mirrored ATT&CK source object

The raw object is retained through the mirrored ATT&CK source bundle and object hash. The raw endpoint returns the exact object from the mirrored bundle when available.

Source references

External references and citations

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  1. [1]
    Mandiant_UNC1549_Nov2025

    El-Banna, M., et al. (2025, November 17). Frontline Intelligence: Analysis of UNC1549 TTPs, Custom Tools, and Malware Targeting the Aerospace and Defense Ecosystem. Retrieved September 28, 2026.

    Open source URL
  2. [2]
    mitre-attackS9058
    Open source URL
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