Threat actor
APT37
Last fetched
APT37 is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 29 techniques and also known as 18 other names.
Also known as
APT 37, Group 123, Group123, InkySquid, Operation Daybreak, Operation Erebus, Reaper Group, Reaper, Red Eyes, Ricochet Chollima, ScarCruft, Venus 121, ATK4, G0067, Moldy Pisces, APT-C-28, PLAIN NEPTUNE, TEMP.Reaper
Description
[APT37](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0067) is a North Korean state-sponsored cyber espionage group that has been active since at least 2012. The group has targeted victims primarily in South Korea, but also in Japan, Vietnam, Russia, Nepal, China, India, Romania, Kuwait, and other parts of the Middle East. [APT37](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0067) has also been linked to the following campaigns between 2016-2018: Operation Daybreak, Operation Erebus, Golden Time, Evil New Year, Are you Happy?, FreeMilk, North Korean Human Rights, and Evil New Year 2018.(Citation: FireEye APT37 Feb 2018)(Citation: Securelist ScarCruft Jun 2016)(Citation: Talos Group123) North Korean group definitions are known to have significant overlap, and some security researchers report all North Korean state-sponsored cyber activity under the name [Lazarus Group](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0032) instead of tracking clusters or subgroups.
Techniques by tactic
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to APT37 today — this states the absence of a published link, not that APT37 has no infrastructure.
References
- https://www.volexity.com/blog/2021/08/17/north-korean-apt-inkysquid-infects-victims-using-browser-exploits/
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/02/apt37-overlooked-north-korean-actor.html
- https://www2.fireeye.com/rs/848-DID-242/images/rpt_APT37.pdf
- http://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/01/korea-in-crosshairs.html
- https://twitter.com/mstoned7/status/966126706107953152
- https://www.cfr.org/interactive/cyber-operations/apt-37
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/report-ties-north-korean-attacks-to-new-malware-linked-by-word-macros/
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/unit42-freemilk-highly-targeted-spear-phishing-campaign/
- https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/01/korea-in-crosshairs.html
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0067/
- https://securelist.com/cve-2016-4171-adobe-flash-zero-day-used-in-targeted-attacks/75082/
- https://securelist.com/operation-daybreak/75100/
- https://securelist.com/scarcruft-continues-to-evolve-introduces-bluetooth-harvester/90729/
- https://threatpost.com/scarcruft-apt-group-used-latest-flash-zero-day-in-two-dozen-attacks/118642/
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/atoms/moldypisces/
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/updated-cyber-threat-actor-naming-system/
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0067
- https://www.crowdstrike.com/adversaries/ricochet-chollima/
- https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/apt37-reaper-the-overlooked-north-korean-actor.pdf
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Related pages
Pivot from APT37 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.