Threat actor
APT27
Last fetched
APT27 is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 57 techniques and also known as 17 other names.
Also known as
GreedyTaotie, TG-3390, EMISSARY PANDA, TEMP.Hippo, Red Phoenix, Budworm, Group 35, ZipToken, Iron Tiger, BRONZE UNION, Lucky Mouse, G0027, Iron Taurus, Earth Smilodon, Circle Typhoon, Linen Typhoon, SHORE CASTLE
Description
A China-based actor that targets foreign embassies to collect data on government, defence, and technology sectors.
Techniques by tactic
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to APT27 today — this states the absence of a published link, not that APT27 has no infrastructure.
References
- https://i.blackhat.com/Asia-22/Friday-Materials/AS-22-Li-To-Loot-Or-Not-To-Loot-That-Is-Not-a-Question.pdf
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140129192702/https://www.scmagazineuk.com/iran-and-russia-blamed-for-state-sponsored-espionage/article/330401/
- https://labs.bitdefender.com/2018/02/operation-pzchao-a-possible-return-of-the-iron-tiger-apt/
- https://www.bitdefender.com/files/News/CaseStudies/study/185/Bitdefender-Business-2017-WhitePaper-PZCHAO-crea2452-en-EN-GenericUse.pdf
- https://www.cfr.org/interactive/cyber-operations/iron-tiger
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-cyber-espionage-group-hacked-government-data-center/
- https://www.secureworks.com/research/bronze-union
- http://newsroom.trendmicro.com/blog/operation-iron-tiger-attackers-shift-east-asia-united-states
- https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-group-3390-targets-organizations-for-cyberespionage
- https://www.threatconnect.com/blog/threatconnect-discovers-chinese-apt-activity-in-europe/
- https://www.nccgroup.trust/uk/about-us/newsroom-and-events/blogs/2018/april/decoding-network-data-from-a-gh0st-rat-variant/
- https://securelist.com/luckymouse-ndisproxy-driver/87914/
- https://paper.seebug.org/papers/APT/APT_CyberCriminal_Campagin/2015/2015.09.17.Operation_Iron_Tiger/Operation%20Iron%20Tiger%20Appendix.pdf
- https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/newly-discovered-chinese-hacking-group-hacked-100-websites-to-use-as-watering-holes/
- https://securelist.com/luckymouse-hits-national-data-center/86083/
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0027/
- https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles/bronze-union
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/atoms/iron-taurus/
- https://www.mandiant.com/resources/insights/apt-groups
- https://www.pwc.co.uk/cyber-security/pdf/pwc-cyber-threats-2020-a-year-in-retrospect.pdf
- https://www.welivesecurity.com/2021/03/10/exchange-servers-under-siege-10-apt-groups/
- https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/21/d/iron-tiger-apt-updates-toolkit-with-evolved-sysupdate-malware-va.html
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/updated-cyber-threat-actor-naming-system/
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Related pages
Pivot from APT27 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 25Techniques 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 1000Infrastructure publicly attributed to this actor.
MATCH (n)-[:ATTRIBUTED_TO]->(a:ACTOR {name: $name})
RETURN labels(n)[0] AS kind, n.name AS name
LIMIT 25Or query Whisper from your own LLM workflow via the Whisper MCP server.