Tropic Trooper

Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK)40

SourceMITRE ATT&CK

Attribution confidence: 50%

Also known as:BRONZE HOBARTEarth CentaurG0081KeyBoyPIRATE PANDAPirate PandaRed Orthrus

Vexday analysis

Tropic Trooper (também conhecido como Pirate Panda e KeyBoy) é um grupo de ameaça persistente avançada (APT) sem afiliação conhecida, ativo desde 2011, que conduz campanhas direcionadas contra alvos em Taiwan, Filipinas e Hong Kong. O grupo concentra suas operações nos setores governamental, de saúde, transporte e alta tecnologia. Ao grupo são atribuídas 40 técnicas documentadas no MITRE ATT&CK (identificador G0081), além de 3 CVEs conhecidas por sua exploração.

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 severity64

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) 40

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

Initial access

Spearphishing Attachment

Execution

Windows Command Shell Native API Exploitation for Client Execution Malicious File

Persistence

Web Shell Windows Service Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder Winlogon Helper DLL

Discovery

System Network Configuration Discovery System Owner/User Discovery Network Service Discovery System Network Connections Discovery Process Discovery System Information Discovery File and Directory Discovery Network Share Discovery Software Discovery Security Software Discovery Local Storage Discovery

Lateral movement

Replication Through Removable Media

Collection

Automated Collection

Command and control

Web Protocols DNS Ingress Tool Transfer Standard Encoding Encrypted Channel Asymmetric Cryptography

Exfiltration

Automated Exfiltration Exfiltration over USB

stealth

Steganography Encrypted/Encoded File Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location Dynamic-link Library Injection File Deletion Local Accounts Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information Template Injection Hidden Files and Directories DLL

Exploited vulnerabilities 3

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

CVE-2012-0158HIGHEPSS 100%KEV CVE-2017-11882HIGHEPSS 100%KEV CVE-2018-0802HIGHEPSS 87%KEV

Known infrastructure 2

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

ip:port122.114.12.82:12340ShadowPadthreatfox

ip:port122.114.166.126:12340ShadowPadthreatfox

References

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