Threat actor
LOTUS PANDA
Last fetched
LOTUS PANDA is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques and also known as 10 other names.
Also known as
Spring Dragon, ST Group, DRAGONFISH, BRONZE ELGIN, ATK1, G0030, Red Salamander, Lotus BLossom, Billbug, Lotus Blossom
Description
Lotus Blossom is a threat group that has targeted government and military organizations in Southeast Asia.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for LOTUS PANDA in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to LOTUS PANDA today — this states the absence of a published link, not that LOTUS PANDA has no infrastructure.
References
- https://securelist.com/blog/research/70726/the-spring-dragon-apt/
- https://securelist.com/spring-dragon-updated-activity/79067/
- https://www.cfr.org/interactive/cyber-operations/lotus-blossom
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/operation-lotus-blossom/
- https://www.accenture.com/t00010101T000000Z__w__/gb-en/_acnmedia/PDF-46/Accenture-Security-Elise-Threat-Analysis.pdf
- https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/attack-on-french-diplomat-linked-to-operation-lotus-blossom/
- https://community.rsa.com/community/products/netwitness/blog/2018/02/13/lotus-blossom-continues-asean-targeting
- https://www.accenture.com/t20180127T003755Z_w_/us-en/_acnmedia/PDF-46/Accenture-Security-Dragonfish-Threat-Analysis.pdf
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0030/
- https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles/bronze-elgin
- https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/cybersecurity/cyber-threat-intelligence/cyber-year-in-retrospect/yir-cyber-threats-report-download.pdf
- https://fortiguard.fortinet.com/threat-signal-report/4879
- http://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/espionage-asia-governments-cert-authority
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Related pages
Pivot from LOTUS PANDA 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.