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APT30  (Back to overview)

aka: G0013, ISTHMUS CASTLE, LOTUS PANDA, LotusBlossom, RADIUM, Raspberry Typhoon

APT30 is a threat group suspected to be associated with the Chinese government. While Naikon shares some characteristics with APT30, the two groups do not appear to be exact matches

Associated Families
win.chrysalis win.sagerunex
References
2026-07-24 ⋅ Google ⋅ Google Threat Intelligence Group
Updated Cyber Threat Actor Naming System
APT15 APT20 APT27 APT28 APT29 APT30 APT31 APT33 APT35 APT37 APT39 APT40 APT41 APT42 APT45 APT5 BlackTech Callisto Conference Crew FIN11 FIN6 FIN7 FIN8 MuddyWater MUSTANG PANDA Naikon OilRig Sandworm TEMP.Hermit Tick Tonto Team Turla UAC-0020 UNC1069 UNC1088 UNC2814
2026-02-03 ⋅ Kaspersky Labs ⋅ Anton Kargin, Georgy Kucherin
The Notepad++ supply chain attack — unnoticed execution chains and new IoCs
Chrysalis Cobalt Strike
2026-02-02 ⋅ Rapid7 ⋅ Ivan Feigl
The Chrysalis Backdoor: A Deep Dive into Lotus Blossom’s toolkit
Chrysalis
2026-01-02 ⋅ Securite360.net ⋅ Muffin
The Intriguing Lotus: A Deep Dive into Sagerunex
Sagerunex
2022-11-15 ⋅ Symantec ⋅ Threat Hunter Team
Billbug: State-sponsored Actor Targets Cert Authority, Government Agencies in Multiple Asian Countries
Sagerunex LOTUS PANDA
2022-11-15 ⋅ Symantec ⋅ Threat Hunter Team
Billbug: State-sponsored Actor Targets Cert Authority, Government Agencies in Multiple Asian Countries
Sagerunex
2022-08-04 ⋅ Mandiant ⋅ Mandiant
Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs)
APT1 APT10 APT12 APT14 APT15 APT16 APT17 APT18 APT19 APT2 APT20 APT21 APT22 APT23 APT24 APT27 APT3 APT30 APT31 APT4 APT40 APT5 APT9 Naikon
2022-05-04 ⋅ Cyware ⋅ Cyware
Chinese Naikon Group Back with New Espionage Attack
APT30 Naikon
2022-04-29 ⋅ Cluster25 ⋅ Cluster25
The LOTUS PANDA Is Awake, Again. Analysis Of Its Last Strike.
APT30 Naikon
2020-06-19 ⋅ Positive Technologies ⋅ Alexey Vishnyakov
The eagle eye is back: old and new backdoors from APT30
backspace NETEAGLE RCtrl RHttpCtrl APT30
2020-01-01 ⋅ Secureworks ⋅ SecureWorks
BRONZE GENEVA
backspace APT30 Naikon
2019-11-19 ⋅ FireEye ⋅ Kelli Vanderlee, Nalani Fraser
Achievement Unlocked: Chinese Cyber Espionage Evolves to Support Higher Level Missions
APT1 APT10 APT2 APT26 APT3 APT30 APT41 Naikon Tonto Team
2019-03-22 ⋅ MITRE ⋅ MITRE
APT30
APT30
2019-01-01 ⋅ Council on Foreign Relations ⋅ Cyber Operations Tracker
APT 30
APT30
2019-01-01 ⋅ MITRE ⋅ MITRE ATT&CK
Group description: Naikon
APT30 Naikon
2017-08-24 ⋅ Kaspersky Labs ⋅ Kaspersky
Naikon Targeted Attacks
APT30 Naikon
2015-05-29 ⋅ Kaspersky Labs ⋅ Kurt Baumgartner, Maxim Golovkin
THE MsnMM CAMPAIGNS: The Earliest Naikon APT Campaigns
APT30 Naikon
2015-05-14 ⋅ Kaspersky Labs ⋅ Kurt Baumgartner, Maxim Golovkin
The Naikon APT
Naikon SslMM Sys10 WinMM xsPlus APT30 Naikon
2015-04-15 ⋅ FireEye ⋅ FireEye
APT30 and the Mechanics of a Long-Running Cyber Espionage Campaign
backspace FLASHFLOOD NETEAGLE SHIPSHAPE SPACESHIP APT30
2015-04-01 ⋅ FireEye ⋅ FireEye
APT30 AND THE MECHANICS OF A LONG-RUNNING CYBER ESPIONAGE OPERATION
BACKBEND backspace CREAMSICLE FLASHFLOOD GEMCUTTER MILKMAID Naikon NETEAGLE ORANGEADE SHIPSHAPE SPACESHIP SslMM Sys10 WinMM xsPlus APT30
2015-01-01 ⋅ ThreatConnect ⋅ ThreatConnect
Naikon Tag in ThreatConnect Blogs
APT30 Naikon
2014-03-25 ⋅ FireEye ⋅ Alex Lanstein, Ned Moran
Spear Phishing the News Cycle: APT Actors Leverage Interest in the Disappearance of Malaysian Flight MH 370
APT30 Naikon
2013-02-27 ⋅ Trend Micro ⋅ Abraham Camba
BKDR_RARSTONE: New RAT to Watch Out For
APT30
Credits: MISP Project