Threat actor
Tropic Trooper
Last fetched
Tropic Trooper is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 40 techniques and also known as 2 other names.
Also known as
Pirate Panda, KeyBoy
Description
[Tropic Trooper](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0081) is an unaffiliated threat group that has led targeted campaigns against targets in Taiwan, the Philippines, and Hong Kong. [Tropic Trooper](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0081) focuses on targeting government, healthcare, transportation, and high-tech industries and has been active since 2011.(Citation: TrendMicro Tropic Trooper Mar 2018)(Citation: Unit 42 Tropic Trooper Nov 2016)(Citation: TrendMicro Tropic Trooper May 2020)
Techniques by tactic
Discovery
- T1016 · System Network Configuration Discovery
- T1033 · System Owner/User Discovery
- T1046 · Network Service Discovery
- T1049 · System Network Connections Discovery
- T1057 · Process Discovery
- T1082 · System Information Discovery
- T1083 · File and Directory Discovery
- T1135 · Network Share Discovery
- T1518 · Software Discovery
- T1518.001 · Security Software Discovery
- T1680 · Local Storage Discovery
Stealth
- T1027.003 · Steganography
- T1027.013 · Encrypted/Encoded File
- T1036.005 · Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location
- T1055.001 · Dynamic-link Library Injection
- T1070.004 · File Deletion
- T1078.003 · Local Accounts
- T1140 · Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
- T1221 · Template Injection
- T1564.001 · Hidden Files and Directories
- T1574.001 · DLL
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to Tropic Trooper today — this states the absence of a published link, not that Tropic Trooper has no infrastructure.
References
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0081
- https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/tropic-trooper-new-strategy/
- https://documents.trendmicro.com/assets/Tech-Brief-Tropic-Trooper-s-Back-USBferry-Attack-Targets-Air-gapped-Environments.pdf
- https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2016/11/unit42-tropic-trooper-targets-taiwanese-government-and-fossil-fuel-provider-with-poison-ivy/
- https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/on-demand-webcast-crowdstrike-experts-on-covid-19-cybersecurity-challenges-and-recommendations/
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Related pages
Pivot from Tropic Trooper 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.