APT10
Also known as STONE PANDA, Menupass Team, happyyongzi, POTASSIUM, Red Apollo, CVNX, HOGFISH, Cloud Hopper, BRONZE RIVERSIDE, ATK41, G0045, Granite Taurus, TA429, Cicada, Purple Typhoon, menuPass
menuPass is a threat group that has been active since at least 2006. Individual members of menuPass are known to have acted in association with the Chinese Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Tianjin State Security Bureau and worked for the Huaying Haitai Science and Technology Development Company.
Targets: Private sector, Government, Japan, India, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, United States, Canada, Australia, France, Finland, United Kingdom, Brazil, Thailand
CVEs in recent coverage
No CVEs named alongside this actor in the last 90 days.
Recent victims
No leak-site posts on record for this group.
ATT&CK techniques
Recent activity
No posts or advisories have named this actor recently.
References
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/unit42-menupass-returns-new-malware-new-attacks-japanese-academics-organizations/
- https://www.cfr.org/interactive/cyber-operations/apt-10
- https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/content/files/protected_files/article_files/Joint%20report%20on%20publicly%20available%20hacking%20tools%20%28NCSC%29.pdf
- https://www.pwc.co.uk/cyber-security/pdf/cloud-hopper-report-final-v4.pdf
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/04/apt10_menupass_grou.html
- https://www.eweek.com/security/chinese-nation-state-hackers-target-u.s-in-operation-tradesecret
- https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/chessmaster-cyber-espionage-campaign/
- https://www.accenture.com/t20180423T055005Z_w_/se-en/_acnmedia/PDF-76/Accenture-Hogfish-Threat-Analysis.pdf
- https://www.us-cert.gov/sites/default/files/publications/IR-ALERT-MED-17-093-01C-Intrusions_Affecting_Multiple_Victims_Across_Multiple_Sectors.pdf
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/09/apt10-targeting-japanese-corporations-using-updated-ttps.html
- https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/chinese-hackers-indicted-122018
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0045/
From the MISP threat-actor galaxy, MITRE ATT&CK and RansomLook (CC BY 4.0). Activity is any post or advisory Watch Floor collected that names the actor or one of its aliases.
