Strider

APT / StateG0041 ↗
Origin🇨🇳 China
Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK)3
SourceMITRE ATT&CK
State sponsor: United StatesAttribution confidence: 50%Target categories: Government, Military
Targeted regions: Russia · Iran · Belgium · China · Sweden · Rwanda
Also known as:G0041Project SauronProjectSauronSauron

About the group

Strider is a threat group that has been active since at least 2011 and has targeted victims in Russia, China, Sweden, Belgium, Iran, and Rwanda.

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 severity10
Impact: High
T1090.001T1556.002C2Command and controlInternal ProxyDEFENdefense-impairmentPassword FilterDLLSTEALstealthHidden File System

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) 3

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

Command and control
defense-impairment

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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