Intrusion setG0001

Axiom

Also tracked as Group 72

Axiom is a suspected Chinese cyber espionage group that has targeted the aerospace, defense, government, manufacturing, and media sectors since at least 2008. Some reporting suggests a degree of overlap between Axiom and Winnti Group but the two groups appear to be distinct based on differences in reporting on TTPs and targeting.

Documented techniques
16
Assessed origin
China
Assessed motivation
Espionage
First seen
2008
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.

Malware

Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.

DerusbiHikitHydraqPlugXPoisonIvyZoxZxShellgh0st RAT
Source: MITRE ATT&CK View the original record · Last synchronised 2026-09-09 · Origin and motivation are read from MITRE’s own description and are not structured fields in ATT&CK. Where the text does not attribute a group, this page leaves them blank rather than guessing.