Hacker groupG0022
APT3
Also tracked as Gothic Panda, Pirpi, UPS Team, Buckeye, Threat Group-0110, TG-0110
APT3 is a China-based threat group that researchers have attributed to China's Ministry of State Security. This group is responsible for the campaigns known as Operation Clandestine Fox, Operation Clandestine Wolf, and Operation Double Tap. As of June 2015, the group appears to have shifted from targeting primarily US victims to primarily political organizations in Hong Kong.
- Known attack methods
- 44
- Origin
- China
- 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.
Used by this groupNot documented for this groupIn brackets: sub-techniques this group uses, of those that exist.
Reconnaissance
12 techniques
Resource Development
9 techniques
Initial Access
11 techniques · 1 used
Execution
20 techniques · 4 used
Persistence
22 techniques · 4 used
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques · 1 used
Stealth
30 techniques · 7 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques
Credential Access
17 techniques · 4 used
Discovery
34 techniques · 9 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques · 1 used
Collection
17 techniques · 4 used
Command and Control
18 techniques · 4 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques · 1 used
Impact
15 techniques
Initial access1
Execution5
Persistence4
Privilege escalation1
Stealth9
Credential access4
Discovery9
Lateral movement2
Collection4
Command and control4
Exfiltration1
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
OSInfoPlugXRemoteCMDSHOTPUT
Tools
Legitimate or dual-use software the group is documented using. Most of it is software your own administrators use too, which is the point.
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