Intrusion setG0066
Elderwood
Also tracked as Elderwood Gang, Beijing Group, Sneaky Panda
Elderwood is a suspected Chinese cyber espionage group that was reportedly responsible for the 2009 Google intrusion known as Operation Aurora. The group has targeted defense organizations, supply chain manufacturers, human rights and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and IT service providers.
- Documented techniques
- 9
- Assessed origin
- China
- Assessed motivation
- Espionage
- 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 access3
command and control1
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
BribaHydraqLinfoNaidNerexPasamPoisonIvyVasportWiarp