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