Hacker groupG0125
HAFNIUM
Also tracked as Operation Exchange Marauder, Silk Typhoon
HAFNIUM is a likely state-sponsored cyber espionage group operating out of China that has been active since at least January 2021. HAFNIUM primarily targets entities in the US across a number of industry sectors, including infectious disease researchers, law firms, higher education institutions, defense contractors, policy think tanks, and NGOs. HAFNIUM has targeted remote management tools and cloud software for intial access and has demonstrated an ability to quickly operationalize exploits for identified vulnerabilities in edge devices.
- Known attack methods
- 44
- 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 · 4 used
Resource Development
9 techniques · 2 used
Initial Access
11 techniques · 2 used
Execution
20 techniques · 1 used
Persistence
22 techniques · 3 used
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques · 1 used
Stealth
30 techniques · 3 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques · 1 used
Credential Access
17 techniques · 3 used
Discovery
34 techniques · 5 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques · 1 used
Collection
17 techniques · 6 used
Command and Control
18 techniques · 4 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques · 1 used
Impact
15 techniques
Reconnaissance5
Resource development4
Privilege escalation1
Stealth4
Defense impairment1
Credential access4
Discovery6
Lateral movement1
Collection6
Command and control4
Exfiltration1
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
ASPXSpyChina ChopperTarrask
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.
CovenantImpacketPsExec