SYMBOL | COMMON_NAME | aka. SYNONYMS |
Operate since at least 2011, from several locations in China, with members in Korea and Japan as well. Possibly linked to Onion Dog. This threat actor targets government institutions, military contractors, maritime and shipbuilding groups, telecommunications operators, and others, primarily in Japan and South Korea.
2024-05-23
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ITOCHU
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Malware Transmutation! - Unveiling the Hidden Traces of BloodAlchemy BloodAlchemy ShadowPad |
2024-03-18
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Trend Micro
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Earth Krahang Exploits Intergovernmental Trust to Launch Cross-Government Attacks DinodasRAT PlugX Reshell ShadowPad Earth Krahang |
2024-03-05
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Reliaquest
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Anxun and Chinese APT Activity ShadowPad |
2024-03-01
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HarfangLab
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A Comprehensive Analysis of i-SOON’s Commercial Offering ShadowPad Winnti |
2024-02-21
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YouTube (SentinelOne)
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LABSCon23 Replay | Chasing Shadows | The rise of a prolific espionage actor 9002 RAT PlugX ShadowPad Spyder Earth Lusca |
2024-02-09
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Hunt.io
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Tracking ShadowPad Infrastructure Via Non-Standard Certificates ShadowPad |
2024-01-09
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Recorded Future
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2023 Adversary Infrastructure Report AsyncRAT Cobalt Strike Emotet PlugX ShadowPad |
2023-11-07
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Youtube (Virus Bulletin)
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Possible supply chain attack targeting South Asian government delivers Shadowpad ShadowPad |
2023-10-04
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Trend Micro
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Possible supply chain attack targeting Pakistan government delivers ShadowPad ShadowPad |
2023-10-04
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Trend Micro
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Possible supply chain attack targeting Pakistan government delivers Shadowpad (Slides) ShadowPad |
2023-09-22
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Palo Alto Networks Unit 42
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Cyberespionage Attacks Against Southeast Asian Government Linked to Stately Taurus, Aka Mustang Panda Cobalt Strike MimiKatz RemCom ShadowPad TONESHELL |
2023-09-12
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Symantec
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Redfly: Espionage Actors Continue to Target Critical Infrastructure ShadowPad Redfly |
2023-08-07
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Recorded Future
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RedHotel: A Prolific, Chinese State-Sponsored Group Operating at a Global Scale Winnti Brute Ratel C4 Cobalt Strike FunnySwitch PlugX ShadowPad Spyder Earth Lusca |
2023-07-14
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Trend Micro
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Possible Supply-Chain Attack Targeting Pakistani Government Delivers Shadowpad ShadowPad DriftingCloud Tonto Team |
2023-05-15
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Symantec
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Lancefly: Group Uses Custom Backdoor to Target Orgs in Government, Aviation, Other Sectors Merdoor PlugX ShadowPad ZXShell Lancefly |
2023-02-02
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Elastic
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Update to the REF2924 intrusion set and related campaigns DoorMe ShadowPad SiestaGraph |
2023-01-14
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YouTube (CODE BLUE)
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[CB22]Tracking the Entire Iceberg - Long-term APT Malware C2 Protocol Emulation and Scanning ShadowPad Winnti |
2022-10-27
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vmware
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Threat Analysis: Active C2 Discovery Using Protocol Emulation Part3 (ShadowPad) ShadowPad |
2022-10-25
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VMware Threat Analysis Unit
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Tracking the entire iceberg: long-term APT malware C2 protocol emulation and scanning ShadowPad Winnti |
2022-09-30
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NCC Group
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A glimpse into the shadowy realm of a Chinese APT: detailed analysis of a ShadowPad intrusion ShadowPad |
2022-09-26
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Youtube (Virus Bulletin)
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Tracking the entire iceberg long term APT malware C2 protocol emulation and scanning ShadowPad Winnti |
2022-09-19
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Virus Bulletin
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Tracking the entire iceberg - long-term APT malware C2 protocol emulation and scanning ShadowPad Winnti |
2022-09-13
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Symantec
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New Wave of Espionage Activity Targets Asian Governments MimiKatz PlugX Quasar RAT ShadowPad Trochilus RAT |
2022-09-06
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ESET Research
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Worok: The big picture MimiKatz PNGLoad reGeorg ShadowPad Worok |
2022-07-01
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RiskIQ
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ToddyCat: A Guided Journey through the Attacker's Infrastructure ShadowPad ToddyCat |
2022-06-27
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Kaspersky ICS CERT
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Attacks on industrial control systems using ShadowPad Cobalt Strike PlugX ShadowPad |
2022-05-17
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Positive Technologies
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Space Pirates: analyzing the tools and connections of a new hacker group FormerFirstRAT PlugX Poison Ivy Rovnix ShadowPad Zupdax |
2022-05-12
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TEAMT5
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The Next Gen PlugX/ShadowPad? A Dive into the Emerging China-Nexus Modular Trojan, Pangolin8RAT (slides) KEYPLUG Cobalt Strike CROSSWALK FunnySwitch PlugX ShadowPad Winnti SLIME29 TianWu |
2022-05-02
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Sentinel LABS
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Moshen Dragon’s Triad-and-Error Approach | Abusing Security Software to Sideload PlugX and ShadowPad PlugX ShadowPad Moshen Dragon |
2022-04-28
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PWC
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Cyber Threats 2021: A Year in Retrospect BPFDoor APT15 APT31 APT41 APT9 BlackTech BRONZE EDGEWOOD DAGGER PANDA Earth Lusca HAFNIUM HAZY TIGER Inception Framework LOTUS PANDA QUILTED TIGER RedAlpha Red Dev 17 Red Menshen Red Nue VICEROY TIGER |
2022-04-08
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The Register
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China accused of cyberattacks on Indian power grid ShadowPad |
2022-04-06
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Recorded Future
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Continued Targeting of Indian Power Grid Assets by Chinese State-Sponsored Activity Group (TAG-38) ShadowPad |
2022-04-06
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Recorded Future
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Continued Targeting of Indian Power Grid Assets by Chinese State-Sponsored Activity Group ShadowPad |
2022-02-23
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Dragos
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2021 ICS OT Cybersecurity Year In Review ShadowPad |
2022-02-15
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The Hacker News
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Researchers Link ShadowPad Malware Attacks to Chinese Ministry and PLA ShadowPad |
2022-02-15
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Secureworks
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ShadowPad Malware Analysis ShadowPad |
2022-01-17
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Trend Micro
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Delving Deep: An Analysis of Earth Lusca’s Operations BIOPASS Cobalt Strike FunnySwitch JuicyPotato ShadowPad Winnti Earth Lusca |
2021-12-17
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FBI
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AC-000159-MW: APT Actors Exploiting Newly-Identified Zero Day in ManageEngine Desktop Central (CVE-2021-44515) ShadowPad |
2021-12-16
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TEAMT5
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Winnti is Coming - Evolution after Prosecution Cobalt Strike FishMaster FunnySwitch HIGHNOON ShadowPad Spyder |
2021-12-08
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PWC UK
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Chasing Shadows: A deep dive into the latest obfuscation methods being used by ShadowPad ShadowPad Earth Lusca |
2021-11-19
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insomniacs(Medium)
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It’s a BEE! It’s a… no, it’s ShadowPad. ShadowPad |
2021-11-04
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Youtube (Virus Bulletin)
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ShadowPad: the masterpiece of privately sold malware in Chinese espionage PlugX ShadowPad |
2021-10-26
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Kaspersky
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APT attacks on industrial organizations in H1 2021 8.t Dropper AllaKore AsyncRAT GoldMax LimeRAT NjRAT NoxPlayer Raindrop ReverseRAT ShadowPad Zebrocy |
2021-09-01
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YouTube (Hack In The Box Security Conference)
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SHADOWPAD: Chinese Espionage Malware-as-a-Service PlugX ShadowPad |
2021-08-23
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SentinelOne
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ShadowPad: the Masterpiece of Privately Sold Malware in Chinese Espionage PlugX ShadowPad |
2021-08-19
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Sentinel LABS
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ShadowPad | A Masterpiece of Privately Sold Malware in Chinese Espionage ShadowPad |
2021-08-12
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Sentinel LABS
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ShadowPad: A Masterpiece of Privately Sold Malware in Chinese Espionage ShadowPad Earth Lusca |
2021-07-08
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PTSecurity
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How winnti APT grouping works Korlia ShadowPad Winnti |
2021-07-08
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Recorded Future
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Chinese State-Sponsored Activity Group TAG-22 Targets Nepal, the Philippines, and Taiwan Using Winnti and Other Tooling ShadowPad Spyder Winnti |
2021-07-08
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YouTube (PT Product Update)
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How winnti APT grouping works Korlia ShadowPad Winnti |
2021-06-16
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Recorded Future
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Threat Activity Group RedFoxtrot Linked to China’s PLA Unit 69010; Targets Bordering Asian Countries Icefog PcShare PlugX Poison Ivy QuickHeal DAGGER PANDA |
2021-04-29
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NTT
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The Operations of Winnti group Cobalt Strike ShadowPad Spyder Winnti Earth Lusca |
2021-03-29
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The Record
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RedEcho group parks domains after public exposure PlugX ShadowPad RedEcho |
2021-02-28
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Recorded Future
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China-Linked Group RedEcho Targets the Indian Power Sector Amid Heightened Border Tensions Icefog PlugX ShadowPad |
2021-02-28
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Recorded Future
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China-linked Group RedEcho Targets the Indian Power Sector Amid Heightened Border Tensions PlugX ShadowPad RedEcho |
2021-02-23
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CrowdStrike
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2021 Global Threat Report RansomEXX Amadey Anchor Avaddon BazarBackdoor Clop Cobalt Strike Conti Cutwail DanaBot DarkSide DoppelPaymer Dridex Egregor Emotet Hakbit IcedID JSOutProx KerrDown LockBit Mailto Maze MedusaLocker Mespinoza Mount Locker NedDnLoader Nemty Pay2Key PlugX Pushdo PwndLocker PyXie QakBot Quasar RAT RagnarLocker Ragnarok RansomEXX REvil Ryuk Sekhmet ShadowPad SmokeLoader Snake SUNBURST SunCrypt TEARDROP TrickBot WastedLocker Winnti Zloader Evilnum OUTLAW SPIDER RIDDLE SPIDER SOLAR SPIDER VIKING SPIDER |
2021-01-14
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PTSecurity
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Higaisa or Winnti? APT41 backdoors, old and new Cobalt Strike CROSSWALK FunnySwitch PlugX ShadowPad |
2020-12-10
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ESET Research
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Operation StealthyTrident: corporate software under attack HyperBro PlugX ShadowPad Tmanger |
2020-11-23
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Youtube (OWASP DevSlop)
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Compromised Compilers - A new perspective of supply chain cyber attacks ShadowPad |
2020-11-03
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Kaspersky Labs
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APT trends report Q3 2020 WellMail EVILNUM Janicab Poet RAT AsyncRAT Ave Maria Cobalt Strike Crimson RAT CROSSWALK Dtrack LODEINFO MoriAgent Okrum PlugX poisonplug Rover ShadowPad SoreFang Winnti |
2020-10-30
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YouTube (Kaspersky Tech)
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Around the world in 80 days 4.2bn packets Cobalt Strike Derusbi HyperBro Poison Ivy ShadowPad Winnti |
2020-10-27
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Dr.Web
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Study of the ShadowPad APT backdoor and its relation to PlugX Ghost RAT PlugX ShadowPad |
2020-09-18
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Symantec
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APT41: Indictments Put Chinese Espionage Group in the Spotlight CROSSWALK PlugX poisonplug ShadowPad Winnti |
2020-09-08
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PTSecurity
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ShadowPad: new activity from the Winnti group CCleaner Backdoor Korlia ShadowPad TypeHash |
2020-07-29
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Kaspersky Labs
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APT trends report Q2 2020 PhantomLance Dacls Penquin Turla elf.wellmess AppleJeus Dacls AcidBox Cobalt Strike Dacls EternalPetya Godlike12 Olympic Destroyer PlugX shadowhammer ShadowPad Sinowal VHD Ransomware Volgmer WellMess X-Agent XTunnel |
2020-07-14
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CrowdStrike
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Manufacturing Industry in the Adversaries’ Crosshairs ShadowPad Snake |
2020-06-25
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Dr.Web
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BackDoor.ShadowPad.1 ShadowPad |
2020-03-03
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PWC UK
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Cyber Threats 2019:A Year in Retrospect KevDroid MESSAGETAP magecart AndroMut Cobalt Strike CobInt Crimson RAT DNSpionage Dridex Dtrack Emotet FlawedAmmyy FlawedGrace FriedEx Gandcrab Get2 GlobeImposter Grateful POS ISFB Kazuar LockerGoga Nokki QakBot Ramnit REvil Rifdoor RokRAT Ryuk shadowhammer ShadowPad Shifu Skipper StoneDrill Stuxnet TrickBot Winnti ZeroCleare APT41 MUSTANG PANDA Sea Turtle |
2020-01-31
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ESET Research
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Winnti Group targeting universities in Hong Kong ShadowPad Winnti |
2019-10-07
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ESET Research
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CONNECTING THE DOTS: Exposing the arsenal and methods of the Winnti Group LOWKEY shadowhammer ShadowPad |
2019-09-23
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MITRE
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APT41 Derusbi MESSAGETAP Winnti ASPXSpy BLACKCOFFEE CHINACHOPPER Cobalt Strike Derusbi Empire Downloader Ghost RAT MimiKatz NjRAT PlugX ShadowPad Winnti ZXShell APT41 |
2019-04-23
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Kaspersky Labs
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Operation ShadowHammer: a high-profile supply chain attack shadowhammer ShadowPad |
2019-04-22
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Trend Micro
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C/C++ Runtime Library Code Tampering in Supply Chain shadowhammer ShadowPad Winnti |
2019-01-01
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Council on Foreign Relations
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Icefog DAGGER PANDA |
2018-03-01
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Kaspersky Labs
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The 'Icefog' APT: A Tale of Cloak and Three Daggers DAGGER PANDA |
2017-08-15
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Kaspersky Labs
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ShadowPad in corporate networks ShadowPad |
2014-01-14
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Kaspersky Labs
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The Icefog APT Hits US Targets With Java Backdoor DAGGER PANDA |
2013-09-25
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Kaspersky Labs
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The Icefog APT: A Tale of Cloak and Three Daggers DAGGER PANDA |