Cyclops Blink
- ID
- S0687
- Type
- Malware
- Platforms
- Network Devices
- Source
- attack.mitre.org
- MITRE last modified
- 12 May 2026
Cyclops Blink is a modular malware that has been used in widespread campaigns by Sandworm Team since at least 2019 to target Small/Home Office (SOHO) network devices, including WatchGuard and Asus. Cyclops Blink is assessed to be a replacement for VPNFilter, a similar platform targeting network devices.[1][2][3]
Techniques used (21)
- T1005 Data from Local System
- T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery
- T1036.005 Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location
- T1037.004 RC Scripts
- T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
- T1057 Process Discovery
- T1070.006 Timestomp
- T1071.001 Web Protocols
- T1082 System Information Discovery
- T1083 File and Directory Discovery
- T1090.003 Multi-hop Proxy
- T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer
- T1106 Native API
- T1132.002 Non-Standard Encoding
- T1140 Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
- T1542.002 Component Firmware
- T1559 Inter-Process Communication
- T1571 Non-Standard Port
- T1572 Protocol Tunneling
- T1573.002 Asymmetric Cryptography
- T1686.002 Network Device Firewall