APT27
Also known as GreedyTaotie, TG-3390, EMISSARY PANDA, TEMP.Hippo, Red Phoenix, Budworm, Group 35, ZipToken, Iron Tiger, BRONZE UNION, Lucky Mouse, G0027, Iron Taurus, Earth Smilodon, Circle Typhoon, Linen Typhoon, SHORE CASTLE, Threat Group-3390, LuckyMouse
A China-based actor that targets foreign embassies to collect data on government, defence, and technology sectors.
Targets: Government, Private sector, United States, United Kingdom, France, Japan, Taiwan, India, Canada, China, Thailand, Israel, Australia, South Korea, Russia
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://i.blackhat.com/Asia-22/Friday-Materials/AS-22-Li-To-Loot-Or-Not-To-Loot-That-Is-Not-a-Question.pdf
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140129192702/https://www.scmagazineuk.com/iran-and-russia-blamed-for-state-sponsored-espionage/article/330401/
- https://labs.bitdefender.com/2018/02/operation-pzchao-a-possible-return-of-the-iron-tiger-apt/
- https://www.bitdefender.com/files/News/CaseStudies/study/185/Bitdefender-Business-2017-WhitePaper-PZCHAO-crea2452-en-EN-GenericUse.pdf
- https://www.cfr.org/interactive/cyber-operations/iron-tiger
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-cyber-espionage-group-hacked-government-data-center/
- https://www.secureworks.com/research/bronze-union
- http://newsroom.trendmicro.com/blog/operation-iron-tiger-attackers-shift-east-asia-united-states
- https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-group-3390-targets-organizations-for-cyberespionage
- https://www.threatconnect.com/blog/threatconnect-discovers-chinese-apt-activity-in-europe/
- https://www.nccgroup.trust/uk/about-us/newsroom-and-events/blogs/2018/april/decoding-network-data-from-a-gh0st-rat-variant/
- https://securelist.com/luckymouse-ndisproxy-driver/87914/
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.
