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Aoqin Dragon - G1007 (64d5f96a-f121-4d19-89f6-6709f5c49faa)

Aoqin Dragon is a suspected Chinese cyber espionage threat group that has been active since at least 2013. Aoqin Dragon has primarily targeted government, education, and telecommunication organizations in Australia, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Vietnam. Security researchers noted a potential association between Aoqin Dragon and UNC94, based on malware, infrastructure, and targets.(Citation: SentinelOne Aoqin Dragon June 2022)

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
Lateral Tool Transfer - T1570 (bf90d72c-c00b-45e3-b3aa-68560560d4c5) Attack Pattern Aoqin Dragon - G1007 (64d5f96a-f121-4d19-89f6-6709f5c49faa) Intrusion Set 1
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern Aoqin Dragon - G1007 (64d5f96a-f121-4d19-89f6-6709f5c49faa) Intrusion Set 1
Replication Through Removable Media - T1091 (3b744087-9945-4a6f-91e8-9dbceda417a4) Attack Pattern Aoqin Dragon - G1007 (64d5f96a-f121-4d19-89f6-6709f5c49faa) Intrusion Set 1
Aoqin Dragon - G1007 (64d5f96a-f121-4d19-89f6-6709f5c49faa) Intrusion Set Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern 1
Heyoka Backdoor - S1027 (dff90475-9f72-41a6-84ed-1fbefd3874c0) Malware Aoqin Dragon - G1007 (64d5f96a-f121-4d19-89f6-6709f5c49faa) Intrusion Set 1
Aoqin Dragon - G1007 (64d5f96a-f121-4d19-89f6-6709f5c49faa) Intrusion Set Exploitation for Client Execution - T1203 (be2dcee9-a7a7-4e38-afd6-21b31ecc3d63) Attack Pattern 1
Software Packing - T1027.002 (deb98323-e13f-4b0c-8d94-175379069062) Attack Pattern Aoqin Dragon - G1007 (64d5f96a-f121-4d19-89f6-6709f5c49faa) Intrusion Set 1
Aoqin Dragon - G1007 (64d5f96a-f121-4d19-89f6-6709f5c49faa) Intrusion Set Mongall - S1026 (6fb36c6f-bb3d-4ed6-9471-cb9933e5c154) Malware 1
Aoqin Dragon - G1007 (64d5f96a-f121-4d19-89f6-6709f5c49faa) Intrusion Set File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern 1
Tool - T1588.002 (a2fdce72-04b2-409a-ac10-cc1695f4fce0) Attack Pattern Aoqin Dragon - G1007 (64d5f96a-f121-4d19-89f6-6709f5c49faa) Intrusion Set 1
Aoqin Dragon - G1007 (64d5f96a-f121-4d19-89f6-6709f5c49faa) Intrusion Set Malware - T1587.001 (212306d8-efa4-44c9-8c2d-ed3d2e224aa0) Attack Pattern 1
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern 2
Heyoka Backdoor - S1027 (dff90475-9f72-41a6-84ed-1fbefd3874c0) Malware Peripheral Device Discovery - T1120 (348f1eef-964b-4eb6-bb53-69b3dcb0c643) Attack Pattern 2
Heyoka Backdoor - S1027 (dff90475-9f72-41a6-84ed-1fbefd3874c0) Malware Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern 2
Rundll32 - T1218.011 (045d0922-2310-4e60-b5e4-3302302cb3c5) Attack Pattern Heyoka Backdoor - S1027 (dff90475-9f72-41a6-84ed-1fbefd3874c0) Malware 2
File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern Heyoka Backdoor - S1027 (dff90475-9f72-41a6-84ed-1fbefd3874c0) Malware 2
Heyoka Backdoor - S1027 (dff90475-9f72-41a6-84ed-1fbefd3874c0) Malware Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern 2
Heyoka Backdoor - S1027 (dff90475-9f72-41a6-84ed-1fbefd3874c0) Malware Process Discovery - T1057 (8f4a33ec-8b1f-4b80-a2f6-642b2e479580) Attack Pattern 2
Heyoka Backdoor - S1027 (dff90475-9f72-41a6-84ed-1fbefd3874c0) Malware Protocol Tunneling - T1572 (4fe28b27-b13c-453e-a386-c2ef362a573b) Attack Pattern 2
Heyoka Backdoor - S1027 (dff90475-9f72-41a6-84ed-1fbefd3874c0) Malware System Service Discovery - T1007 (322bad5a-1c49-4d23-ab79-76d641794afa) Attack Pattern 2
DNS - T1071.004 (1996eef1-ced3-4d7f-bf94-33298cabbf72) Attack Pattern Heyoka Backdoor - S1027 (dff90475-9f72-41a6-84ed-1fbefd3874c0) Malware 2
Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern Heyoka Backdoor - S1027 (dff90475-9f72-41a6-84ed-1fbefd3874c0) Malware 2
Local Storage Discovery - T1680 (f2514ae4-4e9b-4f26-a5ba-c4ae85fe93c3) Attack Pattern Heyoka Backdoor - S1027 (dff90475-9f72-41a6-84ed-1fbefd3874c0) Malware 2
Heyoka Backdoor - S1027 (dff90475-9f72-41a6-84ed-1fbefd3874c0) Malware File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern 2
Heyoka Backdoor - S1027 (dff90475-9f72-41a6-84ed-1fbefd3874c0) Malware Dynamic-link Library Injection - T1055.001 (f4599aa0-4f85-4a32-80ea-fc39dc965945) Attack Pattern 2
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern Heyoka Backdoor - S1027 (dff90475-9f72-41a6-84ed-1fbefd3874c0) Malware 2
Heyoka Backdoor - S1027 (dff90475-9f72-41a6-84ed-1fbefd3874c0) Malware Masquerade Task or Service - T1036.004 (7bdca9d5-d500-4d7d-8c52-5fd47baf4c0c) Attack Pattern 2
Software Packing - T1027.002 (deb98323-e13f-4b0c-8d94-175379069062) Attack Pattern Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern 2
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel - T1041 (92d7da27-2d91-488e-a00c-059dc162766d) Attack Pattern Mongall - S1026 (6fb36c6f-bb3d-4ed6-9471-cb9933e5c154) Malware 2
Peripheral Device Discovery - T1120 (348f1eef-964b-4eb6-bb53-69b3dcb0c643) Attack Pattern Mongall - S1026 (6fb36c6f-bb3d-4ed6-9471-cb9933e5c154) Malware 2
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern Mongall - S1026 (6fb36c6f-bb3d-4ed6-9471-cb9933e5c154) Malware 2
Rundll32 - T1218.011 (045d0922-2310-4e60-b5e4-3302302cb3c5) Attack Pattern Mongall - S1026 (6fb36c6f-bb3d-4ed6-9471-cb9933e5c154) Malware 2
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern Mongall - S1026 (6fb36c6f-bb3d-4ed6-9471-cb9933e5c154) Malware 2
Mongall - S1026 (6fb36c6f-bb3d-4ed6-9471-cb9933e5c154) Malware Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern 2
Mongall - S1026 (6fb36c6f-bb3d-4ed6-9471-cb9933e5c154) Malware Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 2
Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information - T1140 (3ccef7ae-cb5e-48f6-8302-897105fbf55c) Attack Pattern Mongall - S1026 (6fb36c6f-bb3d-4ed6-9471-cb9933e5c154) Malware 2
Local Storage Discovery - T1680 (f2514ae4-4e9b-4f26-a5ba-c4ae85fe93c3) Attack Pattern Mongall - S1026 (6fb36c6f-bb3d-4ed6-9471-cb9933e5c154) Malware 2
Software Packing - T1027.002 (deb98323-e13f-4b0c-8d94-175379069062) Attack Pattern Mongall - S1026 (6fb36c6f-bb3d-4ed6-9471-cb9933e5c154) Malware 2
Mongall - S1026 (6fb36c6f-bb3d-4ed6-9471-cb9933e5c154) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 2
Mongall - S1026 (6fb36c6f-bb3d-4ed6-9471-cb9933e5c154) Malware Dynamic-link Library Injection - T1055.001 (f4599aa0-4f85-4a32-80ea-fc39dc965945) Attack Pattern 2
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern Mongall - S1026 (6fb36c6f-bb3d-4ed6-9471-cb9933e5c154) Malware 2
Mongall - S1026 (6fb36c6f-bb3d-4ed6-9471-cb9933e5c154) Malware Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 2
Mongall - S1026 (6fb36c6f-bb3d-4ed6-9471-cb9933e5c154) Malware Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern 2
Tool - T1588.002 (a2fdce72-04b2-409a-ac10-cc1695f4fce0) Attack Pattern Obtain Capabilities - T1588 (ce0687a0-e692-4b77-964a-0784a8e54ff1) Attack Pattern 2
Develop Capabilities - T1587 (edadea33-549c-4ed1-9783-8f5a5853cbdf) Attack Pattern Malware - T1587.001 (212306d8-efa4-44c9-8c2d-ed3d2e224aa0) Attack Pattern 2
Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern Encrypted/Encoded File - T1027.013 (0d91b3c0-5e50-47c3-949a-2a796f04d144) Attack Pattern 3
Rundll32 - T1218.011 (045d0922-2310-4e60-b5e4-3302302cb3c5) Attack Pattern System Binary Proxy Execution - T1218 (457c7820-d331-465a-915e-42f85500ccc4) Attack Pattern 3
File Deletion - T1070.004 (d63a3fb8-9452-4e9d-a60a-54be68d5998c) Attack Pattern Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern 3
DNS - T1071.004 (1996eef1-ced3-4d7f-bf94-33298cabbf72) Attack Pattern Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern 3
Process Injection - T1055 (43e7dc91-05b2-474c-b9ac-2ed4fe101f4d) Attack Pattern Dynamic-link Library Injection - T1055.001 (f4599aa0-4f85-4a32-80ea-fc39dc965945) Attack Pattern 3
Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern Boot or Logon Autostart Execution - T1547 (1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf) Attack Pattern 3
Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern Masquerade Task or Service - T1036.004 (7bdca9d5-d500-4d7d-8c52-5fd47baf4c0c) Attack Pattern 3
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern 3
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 3
Data Encoding - T1132 (cc7b8c4e-9be0-47ca-b0bb-83915ec3ee2f) Attack Pattern Standard Encoding - T1132.001 (04fd5427-79c7-44ea-ae13-11b24778ff1c) Attack Pattern 3