APT1

Origin🇨🇳 China

Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK)23

SourceMITRE ATT&CK

State sponsor: ChinaAttribution confidence: 50%Target categories: Private sector, Government

Targeted regions: United States · Taiwan · Israel · Norway · United Arab Emirates · United Kingdom · Singapore · India · Belgium · South Africa +5

Also known as:Brown FoxByzantine CandorCOMMENT PANDAComment CrewComment GroupComment PandaG0006GIF89aGroup 3PLA Unit 61398ShadyRATTG-8223

About the group

APT1 is a Chinese threat group that has been attributed to the 2nd Bureau of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) General Staff Department’s (GSD) 3rd Department, commonly known by its Military Unit Cover Designator (MUCD) as Unit 61398.

Attack chain

Plausible scenario built from the group's real techniques, ordered by the phases of an attack. Each step shows how the group typically operates.

Arsenal severity32

Impact: High

Illustrative chain derived from techniques documented in MITRE ATT&CK — it does not represent a specific past attack. Severity summarizes the known arsenal (kill-chain coverage, actively exploited CVEs, techniques).

Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK) 23

How the group operates, mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK matrix and organized by the phases of an attack.

Resource development

Domains Domains Email Accounts Malware Tool

Initial access

Spearphishing Attachment Spearphishing Link

Execution

Windows Command Shell

Credential access

LSASS Memory

Discovery

System Service Discovery System Network Configuration Discovery System Network Connections Discovery Process Discovery Local Account Network Share Discovery

Lateral movement

Remote Desktop Protocol Pass the Hash

Collection

Data from Local System Local Email Collection Remote Email Collection Automated Collection Archive via Utility

stealth

Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location

Exploited vulnerabilities

No CVEs attributed to this group in public sources (MITRE ATT&CK). Absence of attribution does not mean absence of activity.

References

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