TeamPCP
Also known as Altered Spider, PCPcat, ShellForce, DeadCatx3, CanisterWorm, SHADOW-WATER-058, UNC6780
TeamPCP is a threat actor that has executed a coordinated series of supply chain attacks, compromising widely-used open source tools such as Trivy, KICS, and LiteLLM to deploy credential-stealing malware. They employed techniques like credential harvesting, lateral movement within Kubernetes environments, and audio steganography to evade detection. The group has demonstrated the ability to leverage stolen credentials to propagate attacks across multiple ecosystems, including npm and PyPI, using a self-propagating worm known as CanisterWorm. Their operations have included the use of AES-256 encryption and RSA-4096 for exfiltration of sensitive data.
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://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/c/teampcp-telnyx-attack-marks-a-shift-in-tactics.html
- https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/26/c/inside-litellm-supply-chain-compromise.html
- https://tracebit.com/blog/detecting-cicd-supply-chain-attacks-with-canary-credentials
- https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/adversaries/altered-spider/
- https://www.ic3.gov/CSA/2026/260702.pdf
- https://flare.io/learn/resources/blog/teampcp-cloud-native-ransomware
- https://cstromblad.com/posts/threat-actor-profile-teampcp/
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1056
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/ai-vulnerability-exploitation-initial-access
- https://github.com/aquasecurity/trivy/security/advisories/GHSA-69fq-xp46-6x23
- https://threats.wiz.io/all-actors/teampcp
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/teampcp-supply-chain-attacks/
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.
