Hacker groupG0114
Chimera
Chimera is a suspected China-based threat group that has been active since at least 2018 targeting the semiconductor industry in Taiwan as well as data from the airline industry.
- Known attack methods
- 59
- Origin
- China
- First seen
- 2018
- 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 · 5 used
Persistence
22 techniques · 1 used
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques
Stealth
30 techniques · 5 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques · 2 used
Credential Access
17 techniques · 3 used
Discovery
34 techniques · 17 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques · 3 used
Collection
17 techniques · 6 used
Command and Control
18 techniques · 3 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques · 2 used
Impact
15 techniques
Reconnaissance1
Resource development1
Execution6
Persistence1
Stealth7
Defense impairment2
Credential access4
Discovery18
- T1007System Service Discovery
- T1012Query Registry
- T1016System Network Configuration Discovery
- T1018Remote System Discovery
- T1033System Owner/User Discovery
- T1046Network Service Discovery
- T1049System Network Connections Discovery
- T1057Process Discovery
- T1069.001Local Groups
- T1083File and Directory Discovery
- T1087.001Local Account
- T1087.002Domain Account
- T1124System Time Discovery
- T1135Network Share Discovery
- T1201Password Policy Discovery
- T1217Browser Information Discovery
- T1482Domain Trust Discovery
- T1680Local Storage Discovery
Lateral movement5
Collection8
Command and control4
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
Cobalt Strike
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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