LuminousMoth

Origin🇨🇳 China

Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK)28

SourceMITRE ATT&CK

State sponsor: ChinaAttribution confidence: 50%Target categories: Civil society

Targeted regions: United States · Germany

Also known as:BASINBASIN CASTLEBRONZE PRESIDENTEarth PretaHive0154HoneyMyteITG27Mustang PandaPolarisRed LichStately TaurusTA416TANTALUMTEMP.HEXTwill TyphoonUNK_SteadySplit

About the group

LuminousMoth is a Chinese-speaking cyber espionage group that has been active since at least October 2020. LuminousMoth has targeted high-profile organizations, including government entities, in Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, and other parts of Southeast Asia. Some security researchers have concluded there is a connection between LuminousMoth and Mustang Panda based on similar targeting and TTPs, as well as network infrastructure overlaps.

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 severity46

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) 28

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

Resource development

Malware Malware Tool Digital Certificates Upload Malware Drive-by Target Link Target

Initial access

Spearphishing Link

Execution

Scheduled Task Malicious Link

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

Credential access

Steal Web Session Cookie ARP Cache Poisoning

Discovery

System Owner/User Discovery File and Directory Discovery

Lateral movement

Replication Through Removable Media

Collection

Data from Local System Archive Collected Data

Command and control

Web Protocols Ingress Tool Transfer

Exfiltration

Data Transfer Size Limits Exfiltration Over C2 Channel Exfiltration to Cloud Storage

defense-impairment

Modify Registry Code Signing

stealth

Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location Hidden Files and Directories DLL

Exploited vulnerabilities

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

Known infrastructure 2986

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

ip:port114.215.184.158:8000Cobalt Strikethreatfox

urlhttp://69.49.229.88:443/MQEwCobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port154.12.17.20:8080Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port154.12.17.20:22Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port154.12.17.20:443Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port154.12.17.20:80Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port129.204.55.230:443Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port47.94.56.71:8080Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port47.94.56.71:80Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port47.94.56.71:443Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port45.227.253.132:8080Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port45.227.253.132:80Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port45.227.253.132:443Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port45.227.253.132:32775Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port117.158.148.164:65535Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port38.76.190.209:8888Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port188.227.14.105:8080Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port186.241.115.168:12443Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port109.206.247.245:10881Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port43.134.112.45:7500Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port43.134.112.45:7000Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port43.134.112.45:80Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port43.134.112.45:8080Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port43.134.112.45:443Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port43.134.112.45:22Cobalt Strikethreatfox

ip:port101.34.208.175:18317Cobalt Strikethreatfox

sha1_hash2ff26540ebb9100dae76a2ae040108ba9338113cCobalt Strikethreatfox

md5_hashe4a34372eab0832d0682fa986a8e0b97Cobalt Strikethreatfox

sha256_hash35afe2df347cb0909fdf2aba8ed6a506a681518a98c0a723b25a16957437f944Cobalt Strikethreatfox

sha256_hash224aec5fec1f907ce152895095f56a3a2f2db0d627633ee691af56a13f34e7f8Cobalt Strikethreatfox

+2986 indicators in total. See them all on the IOCs page.

References

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