Hacker groupG1054
MirrorFace
Also tracked as Earth Kasha
MirrorFace is a People's Republic of China (PRC)-aligned cyberespionage actor believed to be a subgroup under the menuPass umbrella based on targeting, tools, and infrastructure overlaps. MirrorFace has been active since at least 2019, at first exclusively targeting Japanese organizations across the media, defense, diplomatic, financial, manufacturing, and academic sectors. Subsequent MirrorFace operations included targets in Central Europe and featured use of LODEINFO, HiddenFace, and UPPERCUT malware.
- Known attack methods
- 43
- Origin
- China
- Motive
- Espionage
- First seen
- 2019
- Last seen
- 2004-09
- 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 · 1 used
Resource Development
9 techniques · 2 used
Initial Access
11 techniques · 2 used
Execution
20 techniques · 3 used
Persistence
22 techniques
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques
Stealth
30 techniques · 6 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques · 4 used
Credential Access
17 techniques · 1 used
Discovery
34 techniques · 10 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques · 1 used
Collection
17 techniques · 4 used
Command and Control
18 techniques · 2 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques · 1 used
Impact
15 techniques
Reconnaissance1
Resource development2
Initial access3
Execution4
Stealth6
Defense impairment5
Credential access3
Discovery10
- T1007System Service Discovery
- T1016System Network Configuration Discovery
- T1018Remote System Discovery
- T1033System Owner/User Discovery
- T1057Process Discovery
- T1082System Information Discovery
- T1083File and Directory Discovery
- T1087.002Domain Account
- T1482Domain Trust Discovery
- T1614.001System Language Discovery
Lateral movement2
Collection4
Command and control2
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
Cobalt StrikeDOWNIISSAHiddenFaceLODEINFOMirrorStealerNOOPLDRROAMINGHOUSEUPPERCUT
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.
BITSAdminNetNltestPingTasklistWevtutilipconfignbtstat
Campaigns
Operation AkaiRyū