Hacker groupG1002
BITTER
Also tracked as T-APT-17
BITTER is a suspected South Asian cyber espionage threat group that has been active since at least 2013. BITTER has targeted government, energy, and engineering organizations in Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, and Saudi Arabia.
- Known attack methods
- 16
- 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.
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 · 3 used
Initial Access
11 techniques · 1 used
Execution
20 techniques · 4 used
Persistence
22 techniques
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques · 1 used
Stealth
30 techniques · 2 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques
Credential Access
17 techniques
Discovery
34 techniques
Lateral Movement
9 techniques
Collection
17 techniques
Command and Control
18 techniques · 5 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques
Impact
15 techniques
Resource development3
Initial access1
Execution4
Privilege escalation1
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
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