Intrusion setG0005
APT12
Also tracked as IXESHE, DynCalc, Numbered Panda, DNSCALC
APT12 is a threat group that has been attributed to China. The group has targeted a variety of victims including but not limited to media outlets, high-tech companies, and multiple governments.
- Documented techniques
- 5
- Assessed origin
- China
- Basis
- MITRE ATT&CK
How they break in
Techniques MITRE has documented this group using, grouped by the stage of an attack they belong to. This is the actionable half: each one is a behaviour you can look for in your own logs, and a control you can test.
initial access1
command and control2
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
IxesheRIPTIDE
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.
HTRAN