Aoqin Dragon
Aoqin Dragon is a suspected Chinese cyber espionage threat group that has been active since at least 2013. Aoqin Dragon has primarily targeted government, education, and telecommunication organizations in Australia, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Vietnam. Security researchers noted a potential association between Aoqin Dragon and UNC94, based on malware, infrastructure, and targets.
- Known attack methods
- 9
- Origin
- China
- Motive
- Espionage
- First seen
- 2013
- Source
- MITRE ATT&CK
How they break in
Techniques MITRE has documented this group using, mapped onto the ATT&CK matrix. Each one is a behaviour you can look for in your own logs, and a control you can test.
Reconnaissance
12 techniques
Resource Development
9 techniques · 2 used
Initial Access
11 techniques
Execution
20 techniques · 2 used
Persistence
22 techniques
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques
Stealth
30 techniques · 2 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques
Credential Access
17 techniques
Discovery
34 techniques · 1 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques · 2 used
Collection
17 techniques
Command and Control
18 techniques
Exfiltration
9 techniques
Impact
15 techniques
Resource development2
Discovery1
Lateral movement2
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.