Naikon
Also known as PLA Unit 78020, OVERRIDE PANDA, Camerashy, BRONZE GENEVA, G0019, BRONZE STERLING, G0013, NAIKON CASTLE, APT30
Kaspersky described Naikon in a 2015 report as: 'The Naikon group is mostly active in countries such as the Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Singapore, and Nepal, hitting a variety of targets in a very opportunistic way.'
Targets: Government, Private sector, India, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, China, Philippines, South Korea, United States, Indonesia
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://securelist.com/analysis/publications/69953/the-naikon-apt/
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2014/03/spear-phishing-the-news-cycle-apt-actors-leverage-interest-in-the-disappearance-of-malaysian-flight-mh-370.html
- https://media.kasperskycontenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2018/03/07205555/TheNaikonAPT-MsnMM1.pdf
- https://usa.kaspersky.com/resource-center/threats/naikon-targeted-attacks
- https://web.archive.org/web/20210925164035/https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/bkdr_rarstone-new-rat-to-watch-out-for/
- https://threatconnect.com/blog/tag/naikon/
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0019/
- https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles/bronze-geneva
- https://cyware.com/news/chinese-naikon-group-back-with-new-espionage-attack-66a8413d
- https://cluster25.io/2022/04/29/lotus-panda-awake-last-strike/
- https://www.mandiant.com/resources/insights/apt-groups
- https://www.fireeye.com/content/dam/fireeye-www/summit/cds-2019/presentations/cds19-executive-s08-achievement-unlocked.pdf
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.