Threat actor
UNC3886
Last fetched
UNC3886 is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 49 techniques.
Description
[UNC3886](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1048) is a China-nexus cyberespionage group that has been active since at least 2022, targeting defense, technology, and telecommunication organizations located in the United States and the Asia-Pacific-Japan (APJ) regions. [UNC3886](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1048) has displayed a deep understanding of edge devices and virtualization technologies through the exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities and the use of novel malware families and utilities.(Citation: Mandiant Fortinet Zero Day)(Citation: Google Cloud Threat Intelligence VMWare ESXi Zero-Day 2023)
Techniques by tactic
Stealth
- T1014 · Rootkit
- T1027.005 · Indicator Removal from Tools
- T1036.004 · Masquerade Task or Service
- T1070.004 · File Deletion
- T1070.006 · Timestomp
- T1070.007 · Clear Network Connection History and Configurations
- T1078 · Valid Accounts
- T1078.001 · Default Accounts
- T1205 · Traffic Signaling
- T1205.001 · Port Knocking
- T1218.011 · Rundll32
- T1564.011 · Ignore Process Interrupts
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to UNC3886 today — this states the absence of a published link, not that UNC3886 has no infrastructure.
References
- https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/fortinet-malware-ecosystem
- https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/esxi-hypervisors-malware-persistence
- https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/vmware-esxi-zero-day-bypass
- https://www.mandiant.com/resources/blog/vmware-detection-containment-hardening
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1048
- https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/vmware-esxi-zero-day-bypass/
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Related pages
Pivot from UNC3886 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.