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LuminousMoth
LuminousMoth is a Chinese-speaking cyber espionage group that has been active since at least October 2020. LuminousMoth has targeted high-profile organizations, including government entities, in Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and other parts of Southeast Asia. Some security researchers have concluded there is a connection between LuminousMoth and Mustang Panda based on similar targeting and TTPs, as well as network infrastructure overlaps.
- Known attack methods
- 28
- 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
Resource Development
9 techniques · 3 used
Initial Access
11 techniques · 1 used
Execution
20 techniques · 2 used
Persistence
22 techniques · 1 used
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques
Stealth
30 techniques · 3 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques · 2 used
Credential Access
17 techniques · 2 used
Discovery
34 techniques · 2 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques · 1 used
Collection
17 techniques · 2 used
Command and Control
18 techniques · 2 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques · 3 used
Impact
15 techniques
Resource development7
Initial access1
Persistence1
Stealth3
Defense impairment2
Credential access2
Lateral movement1
Command and control2
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