Hacker groupG0093
GALLIUM
Also tracked as Granite Typhoon
GALLIUM is a cyberespionage group that has been active since at least 2012, primarily targeting telecommunications companies, financial institutions, and government entities in Afghanistan, Australia, Belgium, Cambodia, Malaysia, Mozambique, the Philippines, Russia, and Vietnam. This group is particularly known for launching Operation Soft Cell, a long-term campaign targeting telecommunications providers. Security researchers have identified GALLIUM as a likely Chinese state-sponsored group, based in part on tools used and TTPs commonly associated with Chinese threat actors.
- Known attack methods
- 31
- Motive
- Espionage
- 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 · 1 used
Execution
20 techniques · 3 used
Persistence
22 techniques · 3 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 · 2 used
Collection
17 techniques · 3 used
Command and Control
18 techniques · 2 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques · 1 used
Impact
15 techniques
Resource development2
Initial access1
Execution4
Stealth6
Defense impairment1
Credential access2
Discovery4
Lateral movement2
Command and control2
Exfiltration1
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
BlackMouldChina ChopperPingPullPlugXPoisonIvy
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.
HTRANMimikatzNBTscanNetPingPsExecRegWindows Credential Editoratcmdipconfig