# Harvester

> As of 2026-06-10, Harvester is a Unknown (South Asia-aligned)-nexus threat actor tracked by Threadlinqs Intelligence across 2 threats spanning malware. Also known as Harvester APT, UNC1151-adjacent South Asia cluster, Symantec-Harvester. ATT&CK coverage spans 25 techniques across 11 tactics in 2 of 2 tracked threats. Most-observed techniques: T1027 (Obfuscated Files or Information), T1036 (Masquerading), T1041 (Exfiltration Over C2 Channel).

- **Nation:** Unknown (South Asia-aligned)
- **Tracked threats:** 2
- **Categories:** MALWARE
- **Also known as:** Harvester APT, UNC1151-adjacent South Asia cluster, Symantec-Harvester
- **As of:** 2026-06-10

## ATT&CK techniques observed

25 techniques observed across 2 of 2 tracked threats. Tactics: Command and Control (4), Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion) (4), Persistence (3), Resource Development (3), Discovery (2), Execution (2).

- [T1027](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1027) Obfuscated Files or Information — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion) — observed in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1036](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1036) Masquerading — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion) — observed in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1041](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1041) Exfiltration Over C2 Channel — Exfiltration — observed in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1059](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1059) Command and Scripting Interpreter — Execution — observed in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1071](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1071) Application Layer Protocol — Command and Control — observed in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1082](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1082) System Information Discovery — Discovery — observed in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1102](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1102) Web Service — Command and Control — observed in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1132](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1132) Data Encoding — Command and Control — observed in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1140](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1140) Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion) — observed in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1543](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1543) Create or Modify System Process — Persistence — observed in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1552](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1552) Unsecured Credentials — Credential Access — observed in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1567](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1567) Exfiltration Over Web Service — Exfiltration — observed in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1573](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1573) Encrypted Channel — Command and Control — observed in 2 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1005](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1005) Data from Local System — Collection — observed in 1 of 2 tracked threats
- [T1053](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/technique/T1053) Scheduled Task/Job — Persistence — observed in 1 of 2 tracked threats

## Tracked threats

- [Harvester APT Deploys New Linux Variant of GoGra (Backdoor.Gogra) Backdoor Abusing Microsoft Graph API and Outlook Mailboxes for Command-and-Control](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-0756) — HIGH
- [Harvester APT Expands Toolset with GoGra Linux Backdoor Abusing Microsoft Graph API for Covert C2](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-0410) — HIGH

## Full data

Infrastructure, IOC values and detection queries (Splunk SPL / Microsoft KQL / Sigma) require the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/actor/Harvester