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APT12

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APT12 is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 5 techniques and also known as 13 other names.

Also known as

NUMBERED PANDA, TG-2754, BeeBus, Group 22, DynCalc, Calc Team, DNSCalc, Crimson Iron, IXESHE, BRONZE GLOBE, Hexagon Typhoon, Numbered Panda, DNSCALC

Description

[APT12](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0005) is a threat group that has been attributed to China. The group has targeted a variety of victims including but not limited to media outlets, high-tech companies, and multiple governments.(Citation: Meyers Numbered Panda)

Techniques by tactic

Command and Control

Execution

Initial Access

Attributed infrastructure

None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to APT12 today — this states the absence of a published link, not that APT12 has no infrastructure.

References

© The MITRE Corporation. This work is reproduced and distributed with the permission of The MITRE Corporation.

Related pages

Pivot from APT12 into its techniques, tactics and any attributed infrastructure.

Queries

Resolves the slug to this actor, merging every duplicate node sharing the same name.


MATCH (a:ACTOR)
WHERE a.name =~ $pattern OR any(x IN a.aliases WHERE x =~ $pattern)
RETURN a.id AS id, a.name AS name, a.aliases AS aliases, a.description AS description,
       a.references AS references, a.campaigns AS campaigns
LIMIT 25
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Techniques this actor uses, grouped by the tactic each one serves.


MATCH (a:ACTOR {name: $name})-[:USES_TECHNIQUE]->(t:ATTACK_PATTERN)
OPTIONAL MATCH (t)-[:USES_TACTIC]->(tac:ATTACK_PATTERN)
RETURN t.id AS techniqueId, t.name AS techniqueName, tac.id AS tacticId, tac.name AS tacticName
LIMIT 1000
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Infrastructure publicly attributed to this actor.


MATCH (n)-[:ATTRIBUTED_TO]->(a:ACTOR {name: $name})
RETURN labels(n)[0] AS kind, n.name AS name
LIMIT 25
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