Threat Group-3390
Also tracked as Earth Smilodon, TG-3390, Emissary Panda, BRONZE UNION, APT27, Iron Tiger, LuckyMouse, Linen Typhoon
Threat Group-3390 is a Chinese threat group that has extensively used strategic Web compromises to target victims. The group has been active since at least 2010 and has targeted organizations in the aerospace, government, defense, technology, energy, manufacturing and gambling/betting sectors.
- Known attack methods
- 57
- 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.
Reconnaissance
12 techniques
Resource Development
9 techniques · 3 used
Initial Access
11 techniques · 5 used
Execution
20 techniques · 5 used
Persistence
22 techniques · 4 used
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques · 2 used
Stealth
30 techniques · 6 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques · 2 used
Credential Access
17 techniques · 2 used
Discovery
34 techniques · 7 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques · 2 used
Collection
17 techniques · 5 used
Command and Control
18 techniques · 2 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques · 2 used
Impact
15 techniques
Resource development6
Initial access5
Execution6
Persistence4
Privilege escalation2
Stealth9
Defense impairment2
Credential access4
Discovery7
Collection6
Command and control2
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
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.