Lotus Blossom

APT / StateG0030 ↗
Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK)21
SourceMITRE ATT&CK
State sponsor: ChinaAttribution confidence: 50%Target categories: Military, Government
Targeted regions: Japan · Philippines · Hong Kong · Indonesia · Taiwan · Vietnam
Also known as:ATK1BRONZE ELGINBilbugBillbugDRAGONFISHG0030RADIUMRaspberry TyphoonRed SalamanderST GroupSpring DragonThrip

About the group

Lotus Blossom is a long-standing threat group largely targeting various entities in Asia since at least 2009. In addition to government and related targets, Lotus Blossom has also targeted entities such as digital certificate issuers.

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 severity34
Impact: High
T1047T1543.003T1539T1012EXECExecutionWindows ManagementInstrumentationPERSPersistenceWindows ServiceCREDCredential accessSteal Web SessionCookieDISCDiscoveryQuery RegistryCOLLCollectionLocal Data Staging

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).

Exploited vulnerabilities

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

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