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TEMPER PANDA (ac4bce1f-b3ec-4c44-bd36-b6cc986b319b)

China-based cyber threat group. It has previously used newsworthy events as lures to deliver malware and has primarily targeted organizations involved in financial, economic, and trade policy, typically using publicly available RATs such as PoisonIvy, as well as some non-public backdoors. This threat actor targets prodemocratic activists and organizations in Hong Kong, European and international financial institutions, and a U.S.-based think tank.

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set TEMPER PANDA (ac4bce1f-b3ec-4c44-bd36-b6cc986b319b) Threat Actor 1
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set ipconfig - S0100 (294e2560-bd48-44b2-9da2-833b5588ad11) mitre-tool 2
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern 2
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set netstat - S0104 (4664b683-f578-434f-919b-1c1aad2a1111) mitre-tool 2
System Network Connections Discovery - T1049 (7e150503-88e7-4861-866b-ff1ac82c4475) Attack Pattern admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set 2
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern 2
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set Local Groups - T1069.001 (a01bf75f-00b2-4568-a58f-565ff9bf202b) Attack Pattern 2
BUBBLEWRAP - S0043 (123bd7b3-675c-4b1a-8482-c55782b20e2b) Malware admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set 2
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set Local Account - T1087.001 (25659dd6-ea12-45c4-97e6-381e3e4b593e) Attack Pattern 2
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 2
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set 2
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set 2
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern 2
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 2
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set Systeminfo - S0096 (7fcbc4e8-1989-441f-9ac5-e7b6ff5806f1) mitre-tool 2
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set System Service Discovery - T1007 (322bad5a-1c49-4d23-ab79-76d641794afa) Attack Pattern 2
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern 2
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set LOWBALL - S0042 (2a6f4c7b-e690-4cc7-ab6b-1f821fb6b80b) Malware 2
Exploitation for Client Execution - T1203 (be2dcee9-a7a7-4e38-afd6-21b31ecc3d63) Attack Pattern admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set 2
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware 2
ipconfig - S0100 (294e2560-bd48-44b2-9da2-833b5588ad11) mitre-tool System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern 3
System Network Connections Discovery - T1049 (7e150503-88e7-4861-866b-ff1ac82c4475) Attack Pattern netstat - S0104 (4664b683-f578-434f-919b-1c1aad2a1111) mitre-tool 3
Permission Groups Discovery - T1069 (15dbf668-795c-41e6-8219-f0447c0e64ce) Attack Pattern Local Groups - T1069.001 (a01bf75f-00b2-4568-a58f-565ff9bf202b) Attack Pattern 3
BUBBLEWRAP - S0043 (123bd7b3-675c-4b1a-8482-c55782b20e2b) Malware Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 3
BUBBLEWRAP - S0043 (123bd7b3-675c-4b1a-8482-c55782b20e2b) Malware System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern 3
BUBBLEWRAP - S0043 (123bd7b3-675c-4b1a-8482-c55782b20e2b) Malware Non-Application Layer Protocol - T1095 (c21d5a77-d422-4a69-acd7-2c53c1faa34b) Attack Pattern 3
Account Discovery - T1087 (72b74d71-8169-42aa-92e0-e7b04b9f5a08) Attack Pattern Local Account - T1087.001 (25659dd6-ea12-45c4-97e6-381e3e4b593e) Attack Pattern 3
Domain Account - T1136.002 (7610cada-1499-41a4-b3dd-46467b68d177) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
System Service Discovery - T1007 (322bad5a-1c49-4d23-ab79-76d641794afa) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
Network Share Connection Removal - T1070.005 (a750a9f6-0bde-4bb3-9aae-1e2786e9780c) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
Local Account - T1087.001 (25659dd6-ea12-45c4-97e6-381e3e4b593e) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
Network Share Discovery - T1135 (3489cfc5-640f-4bb3-a103-9137b97de79f) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
SMB/Windows Admin Shares - T1021.002 (4f9ca633-15c5-463c-9724-bdcd54fde541) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
Local Account - T1136.001 (635cbe30-392d-4e27-978e-66774357c762) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
Additional Local or Domain Groups - T1098.007 (3e6831b2-bf4c-4ae6-b328-2e7c6633b291) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
System Time Discovery - T1124 (f3c544dc-673c-4ef3-accb-53229f1ae077) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
Domain Groups - T1069.002 (2aed01ad-3df3-4410-a8cb-11ea4ded587c) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
System Network Connections Discovery - T1049 (7e150503-88e7-4861-866b-ff1ac82c4475) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
Domain Account - T1087.002 (21875073-b0ee-49e3-9077-1e2a885359af) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
Service Execution - T1569.002 (f1951e8a-500e-4a26-8803-76d95c4554b4) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
Password Policy Discovery - T1201 (b6075259-dba3-44e9-87c7-e954f37ec0d5) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
Remote System Discovery - T1018 (e358d692-23c0-4a31-9eb6-ecc13a8d7735) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
Local Groups - T1069.001 (a01bf75f-00b2-4568-a58f-565ff9bf202b) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern 3
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern 3
Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern 3
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 3
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern Systeminfo - S0096 (7fcbc4e8-1989-441f-9ac5-e7b6ff5806f1) mitre-tool 3
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern LOWBALL - S0042 (2a6f4c7b-e690-4cc7-ab6b-1f821fb6b80b) Malware 3
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern LOWBALL - S0042 (2a6f4c7b-e690-4cc7-ab6b-1f821fb6b80b) Malware 3
LOWBALL - S0042 (2a6f4c7b-e690-4cc7-ab6b-1f821fb6b80b) Malware Bidirectional Communication - T1102.002 (be055942-6e63-49d7-9fa1-9cb7d8a8f3f4) Attack Pattern 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern 3
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware 3
PoisonIvy (4e104fef-8a2c-4679-b497-6e86d7d47db0) RAT PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware 3
Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Poison Ivy (2abe89de-46dd-4dae-ae22-b49a593aff54) Tool 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) Attack Pattern 3
Application Window Discovery - T1010 (4ae4f953-fe58-4cc8-a327-33257e30a830) Attack Pattern PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware 3
Poison Ivy (7789fc1b-3cbc-4a1c-8ef0-8b06760f93e7) Malpedia PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware 3
Dynamic-link Library Injection - T1055.001 (f4599aa0-4f85-4a32-80ea-fc39dc965945) Attack Pattern PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware 3
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Active Setup - T1547.014 (22522668-ddf6-470b-a027-9d6866679f67) Attack Pattern 3
Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware 3
Mutual Exclusion - T1480.002 (49fca0d2-685d-41eb-8bd4-05451cc3a742) Attack Pattern PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware 3
Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Rootkit - T1014 (0f20e3cb-245b-4a61-8a91-2d93f7cb0e9b) Attack Pattern 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4) Attack Pattern 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware poisonivy (e336aeba-b61a-44e0-a0df-cd52a5839db5) Tool 3
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern 4
Create Account - T1136 (e01be9c5-e763-4caf-aeb7-000b416aef67) Attack Pattern Domain Account - T1136.002 (7610cada-1499-41a4-b3dd-46467b68d177) Attack Pattern 4
Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern Network Share Connection Removal - T1070.005 (a750a9f6-0bde-4bb3-9aae-1e2786e9780c) Attack Pattern 4
Remote Services - T1021 (54a649ff-439a-41a4-9856-8d144a2551ba) Attack Pattern SMB/Windows Admin Shares - T1021.002 (4f9ca633-15c5-463c-9724-bdcd54fde541) Attack Pattern 4
Create Account - T1136 (e01be9c5-e763-4caf-aeb7-000b416aef67) Attack Pattern Local Account - T1136.001 (635cbe30-392d-4e27-978e-66774357c762) Attack Pattern 4
Account Manipulation - T1098 (a10641f4-87b4-45a3-a906-92a149cb2c27) Attack Pattern Additional Local or Domain Groups - T1098.007 (3e6831b2-bf4c-4ae6-b328-2e7c6633b291) Attack Pattern 4
Permission Groups Discovery - T1069 (15dbf668-795c-41e6-8219-f0447c0e64ce) Attack Pattern Domain Groups - T1069.002 (2aed01ad-3df3-4410-a8cb-11ea4ded587c) Attack Pattern 4
Account Discovery - T1087 (72b74d71-8169-42aa-92e0-e7b04b9f5a08) Attack Pattern Domain Account - T1087.002 (21875073-b0ee-49e3-9077-1e2a885359af) Attack Pattern 4
System Services - T1569 (d157f9d2-d09a-4efa-bb2a-64963f94e253) Attack Pattern Service Execution - T1569.002 (f1951e8a-500e-4a26-8803-76d95c4554b4) Attack Pattern 4
Web Service - T1102 (830c9528-df21-472c-8c14-a036bf17d665) Attack Pattern Bidirectional Communication - T1102.002 (be055942-6e63-49d7-9fa1-9cb7d8a8f3f4) Attack Pattern 4
PoisonIvy (4e104fef-8a2c-4679-b497-6e86d7d47db0) RAT Poison Ivy (7789fc1b-3cbc-4a1c-8ef0-8b06760f93e7) Malpedia 4
PoisonIvy (4e104fef-8a2c-4679-b497-6e86d7d47db0) RAT APT14 (c82c904f-b3b4-40a2-bf0d-008912953104) Threat Actor 4
PoisonIvy (4e104fef-8a2c-4679-b497-6e86d7d47db0) RAT poisonivy (e336aeba-b61a-44e0-a0df-cd52a5839db5) Tool 4
PoisonIvy (4e104fef-8a2c-4679-b497-6e86d7d47db0) RAT Poison Ivy (2abe89de-46dd-4dae-ae22-b49a593aff54) Tool 4
Data Staged - T1074 (7dd95ff6-712e-4056-9626-312ea4ab4c5e) Attack Pattern Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern 4
Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern 4
Poison Ivy (7789fc1b-3cbc-4a1c-8ef0-8b06760f93e7) Malpedia Poison Ivy (2abe89de-46dd-4dae-ae22-b49a593aff54) Tool 4
APT14 (c82c904f-b3b4-40a2-bf0d-008912953104) Threat Actor Poison Ivy (2abe89de-46dd-4dae-ae22-b49a593aff54) Tool 4
poisonivy (e336aeba-b61a-44e0-a0df-cd52a5839db5) Tool Poison Ivy (2abe89de-46dd-4dae-ae22-b49a593aff54) Tool 4
Create or Modify System Process - T1543 (106c0cf6-bf73-4601-9aa8-0945c2715ec5) Attack Pattern Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) Attack Pattern 4
Dynamic-link Library Injection - T1055.001 (f4599aa0-4f85-4a32-80ea-fc39dc965945) Attack Pattern Process Injection - T1055 (43e7dc91-05b2-474c-b9ac-2ed4fe101f4d) Attack Pattern 4
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution - T1547 (1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf) Attack Pattern Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 4
Boot or Logon Autostart Execution - T1547 (1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf) Attack Pattern Active Setup - T1547.014 (22522668-ddf6-470b-a027-9d6866679f67) Attack Pattern 4
Mutual Exclusion - T1480.002 (49fca0d2-685d-41eb-8bd4-05451cc3a742) Attack Pattern Execution Guardrails - T1480 (853c4192-4311-43e1-bfbb-b11b14911852) Attack Pattern 4
Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2) Attack Pattern Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 4
Poison Ivy (7789fc1b-3cbc-4a1c-8ef0-8b06760f93e7) Malpedia poisonivy (e336aeba-b61a-44e0-a0df-cd52a5839db5) Tool 4
APT14 (c82c904f-b3b4-40a2-bf0d-008912953104) Threat Actor Gh0st RAT (255a59a7-db2d-44fc-9ca9-5859b65817c3) RAT 5
APT14 (c82c904f-b3b4-40a2-bf0d-008912953104) Threat Actor Torn RAT (32a67552-3b31-47bb-8098-078099bbc813) Tool 5
APT14 (c82c904f-b3b4-40a2-bf0d-008912953104) Threat Actor Gh0st Rat (cb8c8253-4024-4cc9-8989-b4a5f95f6c2f) Tool 5
Ghost RAT (225fa6cf-dc9c-4b86-873b-cdf1d9dd3738) Malpedia Gh0st RAT (255a59a7-db2d-44fc-9ca9-5859b65817c3) RAT 6
APT43 (aac49b4e-74e9-49fa-84f9-e340cf8bafbc) Threat Actor Gh0st Rat (cb8c8253-4024-4cc9-8989-b4a5f95f6c2f) Tool 6