Hacker groupG0019
Naikon
Naikon is assessed to be a state-sponsored cyber espionage group attributed to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Chengdu Military Region Second Technical Reconnaissance Bureau (Military Unit Cover Designator 78020). Active since at least 2010, Naikon has primarily conducted operations against government, military, and civil organizations in Southeast Asia, as well as against international bodies such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). While Naikon shares some characteristics with APT30, the two groups do not appear to be exact matches.
- Known attack methods
- 14
- Origin
- China
- Motive
- Espionage
- 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
Initial Access
11 techniques · 1 used
Execution
20 techniques · 3 used
Persistence
22 techniques · 2 used
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques
Stealth
30 techniques · 3 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques
Credential Access
17 techniques
Discovery
34 techniques · 4 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques
Collection
17 techniques
Command and Control
18 techniques
Exfiltration
9 techniques
Impact
15 techniques
Initial access1
Stealth4
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
Aria-bodyHDoorNebulaeRARSTONERainyDaySslMMSys10WinMM
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.
NetPingPsExecSysteminfoTasklistftpnetsh