Hacker groupG1023
APT5
Also tracked as Mulberry Typhoon, MANGANESE, BRONZE FLEETWOOD, Keyhole Panda, UNC2630
APT5 is a China-based espionage actor that has been active since at least 2007 primarily targeting the telecommunications, aerospace, and defense industries throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia. APT5 has displayed advanced tradecraft and significant interest in compromising networking devices and their underlying software including through the use of zero-day exploits.
- Known attack methods
- 29
- Origin
- China
- Motive
- Espionage
- First seen
- 2007
- Last seen
- 2024-05
- 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 · 1 used
Initial Access
11 techniques · 1 used
Execution
20 techniques · 2 used
Persistence
22 techniques · 4 used
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques
Stealth
30 techniques · 4 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques · 1 used
Credential Access
17 techniques · 1 used
Discovery
34 techniques · 4 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques · 1 used
Collection
17 techniques · 3 used
Command and Control
18 techniques
Exfiltration
9 techniques
Impact
15 techniques
Resource development1
Initial access1
Persistence4
Stealth8
Defense impairment1
Credential access2
Discovery4
Lateral movement2
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
PACEMAKERPULSECHECKPoisonIvyRAPIDPULSESLIGHTPULSESLOWPULSESkeleton Keygh0st RAT
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.
MimikatzNetPcShareTasklistnetstat
Campaigns
SPACEHOP Activity