Hacker groupG0004
Ke3chang
Also tracked as APT15, Mirage, Vixen Panda, GREF, Playful Dragon, RoyalAPT, NICKEL, Nylon Typhoon
Ke3chang is a threat group attributed to actors operating out of China. Ke3chang has targeted oil, government, diplomatic, military, and NGOs in Central and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and North America since at least 2010.
- Known attack methods
- 46
- Origin
- China
- First seen
- 2010
- 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 · 2 used
Persistence
22 techniques · 3 used
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques
Stealth
30 techniques · 4 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques
Credential Access
17 techniques · 2 used
Discovery
34 techniques · 11 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques · 1 used
Collection
17 techniques · 6 used
Command and Control
18 techniques · 2 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques · 2 used
Impact
15 techniques
Resource development3
Initial access1
Execution3
Persistence3
Stealth6
Credential access5
Discovery12
- T1007System Service Discovery
- T1016System Network Configuration Discovery
- T1018Remote System Discovery
- T1033System Owner/User Discovery
- T1049System Network Connections Discovery
- T1057Process Discovery
- T1069.002Domain Groups
- T1082System Information Discovery
- T1083File and Directory Discovery
- T1087.001Local Account
- T1087.002Domain Account
- T1614.001System Language Discovery
Lateral movement1
Collection7
Command and control3
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Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
MirageFoxNeoichorOkrum
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.
MimikatzNetPingSysteminfoTasklistipconfignetstatspwebmember
Campaigns
SPACEHOP Activity