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CL-STA-0048

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CL-STA-0048 is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques and also known as 1 other name.

Also known as

CL STA 0048

Description

CL-STA-0048 is a Chinese state-backed APT that targets strategic sectors in South Asia, particularly government and telecommunications entities, with a focus on espionage. The group has been linked to SAP NetWeaver intrusions and employs techniques such as DNS beaconing using ping commands and exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities in services like IIS, Apache Tomcat, and MSSQL. Analysts have observed its use of reverse shell commands and command-and-control traffic directed to specific IP addresses. The actor adapts its methods to evade detection and maintain persistent access to high-value networks.

Techniques by tactic

No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for CL-STA-0048 in WhisperGraph.

Attributed infrastructure

None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to CL-STA-0048 today — this states the absence of a published link, not that CL-STA-0048 has no infrastructure.

References

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Related pages

Pivot from CL-STA-0048 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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