Hacker groupG0143
Aquatic Panda
Aquatic Panda is a suspected China-based threat group with a dual mission of intelligence collection and industrial espionage. Active since at least May 2020, Aquatic Panda has primarily targeted entities in the telecommunications, technology, and government sectors.
- Known attack methods
- 35
- Origin
- China
- Motive
- Espionage
- 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 · 1 used
Resource Development
9 techniques · 1 used
Initial Access
11 techniques
Execution
20 techniques · 2 used
Persistence
22 techniques · 1 used
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques
Stealth
30 techniques · 6 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques · 2 used
Credential Access
17 techniques · 1 used
Discovery
34 techniques · 6 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques · 2 used
Collection
17 techniques · 2 used
Command and Control
18 techniques · 1 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques
Impact
15 techniques
Reconnaissance1
Resource development2
Execution4
Persistence1
Stealth9
Defense impairment3
Credential access1
Discovery6
Lateral movement5
Command and control1
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
Cobalt StrikeShadowPadWinnti for LinuxWinnti for WindowsnjRAT
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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