Hacker groupG0081
Tropic Trooper
Also tracked as Pirate Panda, KeyBoy
Tropic Trooper is an unaffiliated threat group that has led targeted campaigns against targets in Taiwan, the Philippines, and Hong Kong. Tropic Trooper focuses on targeting government, healthcare, transportation, and high-tech industries and has been active since 2011.
- Known attack methods
- 40
- First seen
- 2011
- 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 · 4 used
Persistence
22 techniques · 3 used
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques
Stealth
30 techniques · 9 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques
Credential Access
17 techniques
Discovery
34 techniques · 10 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques · 1 used
Collection
17 techniques · 1 used
Command and Control
18 techniques · 4 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques · 2 used
Impact
15 techniques
Initial access1
Execution4
Persistence4
Stealth10
- T1027.003Steganography
- T1027.013Encrypted/Encoded File
- T1036.005Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location
- T1055.001Dynamic-link Library Injection
- T1070.004File Deletion
- T1078.003Local Accounts
- T1140Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
- T1221Template Injection
- T1564.001Hidden Files and Directories
- T1574.001DLL
Discovery11
- T1016System Network Configuration Discovery
- T1033System Owner/User Discovery
- T1046Network Service Discovery
- T1049System Network Connections Discovery
- T1057Process Discovery
- T1082System Information Discovery
- T1083File and Directory Discovery
- T1135Network Share Discovery
- T1518Software Discovery
- T1518.001Security Software Discovery
- T1680Local Storage Discovery
Lateral movement1
Collection1
Command and control6
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
KeyBoyPoisonIvyShadowPadUSBferryYAHOYAH
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.
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