Hacker groupG1034
Daggerfly
Also tracked as Evasive Panda, BRONZE HIGHLAND
Daggerfly is a People's Republic of China-linked APT entity active since at least 2012. Daggerfly has targeted individuals, government and NGO entities, and telecommunication companies in Asia and Africa. Daggerfly is associated with exclusive use of MgBot malware and is noted for several potential supply chain infection campaigns.
- Known attack methods
- 17
- Origin
- China
- First seen
- 2012
- 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 · 2 used
Initial Access
11 techniques · 2 used
Execution
20 techniques · 3 used
Persistence
22 techniques · 1 used
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques
Stealth
30 techniques · 3 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques · 1 used
Credential Access
17 techniques · 1 used
Discovery
34 techniques · 2 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques
Collection
17 techniques
Command and Control
18 techniques · 2 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques
Impact
15 techniques
Resource development2
Persistence1
Defense impairment1
Credential access1
Command and control2
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
MacMaMgBotNightdoorPlugX
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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