Threat actor
Pwnzen Infotech
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Pwnzen Infotech is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques.
Description
Pwnzen Infotech, a company backed by cybersecurity giant Qihoo 360, is a prominent player in China's growing surveillance technology industry. At the China International Exhibition on Police Equipment, Pwnzen showcased its advanced phone scanning systems, emphasizing their ability to extract data from overseas platforms like Facebook and Twitter. A representative highlighted a case where their technology was used to access the phone of a suspect accused of "subverting the government," retrieving data from social media accounts. They also operate in Singapore via their Singaporean subsidiary, Pwnzen Technology, under the leadership of Thomas Lim, who also works for surveillance company COSEINC, which was sanctioned by the U.S in 2021.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for Pwnzen Infotech in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to Pwnzen Infotech today — this states the absence of a published link, not that Pwnzen Infotech has no infrastructure.
References
- https://www.euronews.com/business/2018/05/30/at-beijing-security-fair-an-arms-race-for-surveillance-tech
- https://www.icij.org/investigations/china-cables/us-blacklists-chinese-companies-linked-to-uighur-abuses/
- https://www.intelligenceonline.com/surveillance--interception/2021/11/08/blacklisted-by-the-us-zero-day-distributor-coseinc-works-on-for-china-s-pwnzen,109703349-art
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Queries
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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
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