Ke3chang

Origin🇨🇳 China

Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK)46

SourceMITRE ATT&CK

State sponsor: ChinaAttribution confidence: 50%Target categories: Government

Targeted regions: European Union · India · United Kingdom · Germany

Also known as:APT15BRONZE DAVENPORTBRONZE IDLEWOODBRONZE PALACEG0004GREFLuridMetushyMirageNICKELNylon TyphoonPlayful DragonRIVER CASTLERed VultureRoyal APTRoyalAPTSocial Network TeamVIXEN PANDAVixen Panda

About the group

Ke3chang is a threat group attributed to actors operating out of China. Ke3chang has targeted oil, government, diplomatic, military, and NGOs in Central and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, and North America since at least 2010.

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 severity66

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) 46

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

Resource development

Botnet Malware Tool

Initial access

Exploit Public-Facing Application

Execution

Command and Scripting Interpreter Windows Command Shell Service Execution

Persistence

External Remote Services Windows Service Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

Credential access

LSASS Memory Security Account Manager NTDS LSA Secrets Golden Ticket

Discovery

System Service Discovery System Network Configuration Discovery Remote System Discovery System Owner/User Discovery System Network Connections Discovery Process Discovery Domain Groups System Information Discovery File and Directory Discovery Local Account Domain Account System Language Discovery

Lateral movement

SMB/Windows Admin Shares

Collection

Data from Local System Keylogging Remote Email Collection Automated Collection Sharepoint Archive Collected Data Archive via Utility

Command and control

Web Protocols DNS Ingress Tool Transfer

Exfiltration

Automated Exfiltration Exfiltration Over C2 Channel

stealth

Obfuscated Files or Information Right-to-Left Override Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location Valid Accounts Cloud Accounts Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information

Exploited vulnerabilities 2

CVEs this group is known to exploit, per MITRE ATT&CK. Ordered by real-world severity.

CVE-2014-7169CRITICALEPSS 100%KEV MITRE ATT&CK

CVE-2016-6662EPSS 68% MITRE ATT&CK

Known infrastructure 7

Real indicators (C2, domains, URLs and hashes) associated with the malware this group uses. Source: abuse.ch (ThreatFox, URLhaus, MalwareBazaar).

urlhttp://92.127.156.174:8880/master.exeMimiKatzthreatfox

md5_hashfec27228340485485f6902f8759bbd62MimiKatzthreatfox

sha256_hashf9d53fdcc12d548e6c9bd395642f30d2b2c6a9a4204bc0948badf8a7c571c072MimiKatzthreatfox

sha1_hash07b35a3b431e653ddcf36cecd49793d538e2aa79MimiKatzthreatfox

sha1_hashc5ec7e2ad924e832e49fbac9d0c82719b570e080MimiKatzthreatfox

md5_hash77c96f339974b65ae435313a8fcc3b35MimiKatzthreatfox

sha256_hash889cc3e793cb39889c7acc8e73a84973e9a08fcd69451f7b546509c74ffdda90MimiKatzthreatfox

References

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