Threat actor
MirrorFace
Last fetched
MirrorFace is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 43 techniques and also known as 1 other name.
Also known as
Earth Kasha
Description
[MirrorFace](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1054) is a People's Republic of China (PRC)-aligned cyberespionage actor believed to be a subgroup under the [menuPass](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0045) umbrella based on targeting, tools, and infrastructure overlaps. [MirrorFace](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1054) has been active since at least 2019, at first exclusively targeting Japanese organizations across the media, defense, diplomatic, financial, manufacturing, and academic sectors. Subsequent [MirrorFace](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1054) operations included targets in Central Europe and featured use of [LODEINFO](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S9020), [HiddenFace](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S9023), and [UPPERCUT](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0275) malware.(Citation: Kaspersky LODEINFO OCT 2022)(Citation: Kaspersky LODEINFO Part II OCT 2022)(Citation: ESET MirrorFace DEC 2022)(Citation: JPCERT MirrorFace JUL 2024)(Citation: Trend Micro Earth Kasha NOV 2024)(Citation: Trend Micro Earth Kasha Updates APR 2025)
Techniques by tactic
Discovery
- T1007 · System Service Discovery
- T1016 · System Network Configuration Discovery
- T1018 · Remote System Discovery
- T1033 · System Owner/User Discovery
- T1057 · Process Discovery
- T1082 · System Information Discovery
- T1083 · File and Directory Discovery
- T1087.002 · Domain Account
- T1482 · Domain Trust Discovery
- T1614.001 · System Language Discovery
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to MirrorFace today — this states the absence of a published link, not that MirrorFace has no infrastructure.
References
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1054
- https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/12/14/unmasking-mirrorface-operation-liberalface-targeting-japanese-political-entities/
- https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/25/d/earth-kasha-updates-ttps.html
- https://securelist.com/apt10-tracking-down-lodeinfo-2022-part-i/107742/
- https://securelist.com/apt10-tracking-down-lodeinfo-2022-part-ii/107745/
- https://blogs.jpcert.or.jp/en/2024/07/mirrorface-attack-against-japanese-organisations.html
- https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/24/k/lodeinfo-campaign-of-earth-kasha.html
- https://web-assets.esetstatic.com/wls/2023/01/eset_apt_activity_report_t32022.pdf
- https://blog.sekoia.io/my-teas-not-cold-an-overview-of-china-cyber-threat/
- https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/24/k/return-of-anel-in-the-recent-earth-kasha-spearphishing-campaign.html
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Related pages
Pivot from MirrorFace 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.