Salt Typhoon
Salt Typhoon is a People's Republic of China (PRC) state-backed actor that has been active since at least 2019 and responsible for numerous compromises of network infrastructure at major U.S. telecommunication and internet service providers (ISP).
- Known attack methods
- 14
- First seen
- 2019
- 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.
Reconnaissance
12 techniques · 1 used
Resource Development
9 techniques · 2 used
Initial Access
11 techniques · 1 used
Execution
20 techniques
Persistence
22 techniques · 2 used
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques
Stealth
30 techniques
Defense Impairment
18 techniques · 2 used
Credential Access
17 techniques · 2 used
Discovery
34 techniques
Lateral Movement
9 techniques · 1 used
Collection
17 techniques · 1 used
Command and Control
18 techniques · 1 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques · 1 used
Impact
15 techniques
Reconnaissance1
Resource development2
Initial access1
Persistence2
Credential access2
Lateral movement1
Collection1
Command and control1
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.