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

Vexday analysis

APT1 é um grupo de ameaça persistente avançada de origem chinesa, atribuído ao 2º Bureau do 3º Departamento do Estado-Maior Geral do Exército de Libertação Popular (ELP), comumente identificado pelo designador de cobertura de unidade militar (MUCD) como Unidade 61398. Registrado no MITRE ATT&CK como G0006, o grupo é também conhecido pelos aliases Comment Crew, Comment Group e Comment Panda. Sua atividade está documentada em 23 técnicas no framework ATT&CK.

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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