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TEMPER PANDA (ac4bce1f-b3ec-4c44-bd36-b6cc986b319b)

China-based cyber threat group. It has previously used newsworthy events as lures to deliver malware and has primarily targeted organizations involved in financial, economic, and trade policy, typically using publicly available RATs such as PoisonIvy, as well as some non-public backdoors. This threat actor targets prodemocratic activists and organizations in Hong Kong, European and international financial institutions, and a U.S.-based think tank.

Cluster A Galaxy A Cluster B Galaxy B Level
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set TEMPER PANDA (ac4bce1f-b3ec-4c44-bd36-b6cc986b319b) Threat Actor 1
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 2
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set File and Directory Discovery - T1083 (7bc57495-ea59-4380-be31-a64af124ef18) Attack Pattern 2
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set LOWBALL - S0042 (2a6f4c7b-e690-4cc7-ab6b-1f821fb6b80b) Malware 2
Local Groups - T1069.001 (a01bf75f-00b2-4568-a58f-565ff9bf202b) Attack Pattern admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set 2
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set 2
Local Account - T1087.001 (25659dd6-ea12-45c4-97e6-381e3e4b593e) Attack Pattern admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set 2
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set 2
Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set 2
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern 2
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set Systeminfo - S0096 (7fcbc4e8-1989-441f-9ac5-e7b6ff5806f1) mitre-tool 2
System Network Connections Discovery - T1049 (7e150503-88e7-4861-866b-ff1ac82c4475) Attack Pattern admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set 2
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set System Service Discovery - T1007 (322bad5a-1c49-4d23-ab79-76d641794afa) Attack Pattern 2
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 2
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set ipconfig - S0100 (294e2560-bd48-44b2-9da2-833b5588ad11) mitre-tool 2
Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set 2
BUBBLEWRAP - S0043 (123bd7b3-675c-4b1a-8482-c55782b20e2b) Malware admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set 2
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set 2
admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set Exploitation for Client Execution - T1203 (be2dcee9-a7a7-4e38-afd6-21b31ecc3d63) Attack Pattern 2
netstat - S0104 (4664b683-f578-434f-919b-1c1aad2a1111) mitre-tool admin@338 - G0018 (16ade1aa-0ea1-4bb7-88cc-9079df2ae756) Intrusion Set 2
Domain Account - T1136.002 (7610cada-1499-41a4-b3dd-46467b68d177) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
Local Groups - T1069.001 (a01bf75f-00b2-4568-a58f-565ff9bf202b) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool Network Share Connection Removal - T1070.005 (a750a9f6-0bde-4bb3-9aae-1e2786e9780c) Attack Pattern 3
Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool Password Policy Discovery - T1201 (b6075259-dba3-44e9-87c7-e954f37ec0d5) Attack Pattern 3
Remote System Discovery - T1018 (e358d692-23c0-4a31-9eb6-ecc13a8d7735) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
Local Account - T1087.001 (25659dd6-ea12-45c4-97e6-381e3e4b593e) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
Local Account - T1136.001 (635cbe30-392d-4e27-978e-66774357c762) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
Service Execution - T1569.002 (f1951e8a-500e-4a26-8803-76d95c4554b4) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool System Service Discovery - T1007 (322bad5a-1c49-4d23-ab79-76d641794afa) Attack Pattern 3
System Network Connections Discovery - T1049 (7e150503-88e7-4861-866b-ff1ac82c4475) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
Domain Groups - T1069.002 (2aed01ad-3df3-4410-a8cb-11ea4ded587c) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool Network Share Discovery - T1135 (3489cfc5-640f-4bb3-a103-9137b97de79f) Attack Pattern 3
Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool Additional Local or Domain Groups - T1098.007 (3e6831b2-bf4c-4ae6-b328-2e7c6633b291) Attack Pattern 3
Domain Account - T1087.002 (21875073-b0ee-49e3-9077-1e2a885359af) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
SMB/Windows Admin Shares - T1021.002 (4f9ca633-15c5-463c-9724-bdcd54fde541) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
System Time Discovery - T1124 (f3c544dc-673c-4ef3-accb-53229f1ae077) Attack Pattern Net - S0039 (03342581-f790-4f03-ba41-e82e67392e23) mitre-tool 3
Bidirectional Communication - T1102.002 (be055942-6e63-49d7-9fa1-9cb7d8a8f3f4) Attack Pattern LOWBALL - S0042 (2a6f4c7b-e690-4cc7-ab6b-1f821fb6b80b) Malware 3
Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern LOWBALL - S0042 (2a6f4c7b-e690-4cc7-ab6b-1f821fb6b80b) Malware 3
Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern LOWBALL - S0042 (2a6f4c7b-e690-4cc7-ab6b-1f821fb6b80b) Malware 3
Permission Groups Discovery - T1069 (15dbf668-795c-41e6-8219-f0447c0e64ce) Attack Pattern Local Groups - T1069.001 (a01bf75f-00b2-4568-a58f-565ff9bf202b) Attack Pattern 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Obfuscated Files or Information - T1027 (b3d682b6-98f2-4fb0-aa3b-b4df007ca70a) Attack Pattern 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) Attack Pattern 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Active Setup - T1547.014 (22522668-ddf6-470b-a027-9d6866679f67) Attack Pattern 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Application Window Discovery - T1010 (4ae4f953-fe58-4cc8-a327-33257e30a830) Attack Pattern 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Rootkit - T1014 (0f20e3cb-245b-4a61-8a91-2d93f7cb0e9b) Attack Pattern 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware PoisonIvy (4e104fef-8a2c-4679-b497-6e86d7d47db0) RAT 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Dynamic-link Library Injection - T1055.001 (f4599aa0-4f85-4a32-80ea-fc39dc965945) Attack Pattern 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Poison Ivy (2abe89de-46dd-4dae-ae22-b49a593aff54) Tool 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Modify Registry - T1112 (57340c81-c025-4189-8fa0-fc7ede51bae4) Attack Pattern 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Mutual Exclusion - T1480.002 (49fca0d2-685d-41eb-8bd4-05451cc3a742) Attack Pattern 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder - T1547.001 (9efb1ea7-c37b-4595-9640-b7680cd84279) Attack Pattern 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Poison Ivy (7789fc1b-3cbc-4a1c-8ef0-8b06760f93e7) Malpedia 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Data from Local System - T1005 (3c4a2599-71ee-4405-ba1e-0e28414b4bc5) Attack Pattern 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware poisonivy (e336aeba-b61a-44e0-a0df-cd52a5839db5) Tool 3
PoisonIvy - S0012 (b42378e0-f147-496f-992a-26a49705395b) Malware Ingress Tool Transfer - T1105 (e6919abc-99f9-4c6c-95a5-14761e7b2add) Attack Pattern 3
Local Account - T1087.001 (25659dd6-ea12-45c4-97e6-381e3e4b593e) Attack Pattern Account Discovery - T1087 (72b74d71-8169-42aa-92e0-e7b04b9f5a08) Attack Pattern 3
Phishing - T1566 (a62a8db3-f23a-4d8f-afd6-9dbc77e7813b) Attack Pattern Spearphishing Attachment - T1566.001 (2e34237d-8574-43f6-aace-ae2915de8597) Attack Pattern 3
Malicious File - T1204.002 (232b7f21-adf9-4b42-b936-b9d6f7df856e) Attack Pattern User Execution - T1204 (8c32eb4d-805f-4fc5-bf60-c4d476c131b5) Attack Pattern 3
System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern Systeminfo - S0096 (7fcbc4e8-1989-441f-9ac5-e7b6ff5806f1) mitre-tool 3
Command and Scripting Interpreter - T1059 (7385dfaf-6886-4229-9ecd-6fd678040830) Attack Pattern Windows Command Shell - T1059.003 (d1fcf083-a721-4223-aedf-bf8960798d62) Attack Pattern 3
System Network Configuration Discovery - T1016 (707399d6-ab3e-4963-9315-d9d3818cd6a0) Attack Pattern ipconfig - S0100 (294e2560-bd48-44b2-9da2-833b5588ad11) mitre-tool 3
Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location - T1036.005 (1c4e5d32-1fe9-4116-9d9d-59e3925bd6a2) Attack Pattern Masquerading - T1036 (42e8de7b-37b2-4258-905a-6897815e58e0) Attack Pattern 3
BUBBLEWRAP - S0043 (123bd7b3-675c-4b1a-8482-c55782b20e2b) Malware System Information Discovery - T1082 (354a7f88-63fb-41b5-a801-ce3b377b36f1) Attack Pattern 3
BUBBLEWRAP - S0043 (123bd7b3-675c-4b1a-8482-c55782b20e2b) Malware Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 3
BUBBLEWRAP - S0043 (123bd7b3-675c-4b1a-8482-c55782b20e2b) Malware Non-Application Layer Protocol - T1095 (c21d5a77-d422-4a69-acd7-2c53c1faa34b) Attack Pattern 3
netstat - S0104 (4664b683-f578-434f-919b-1c1aad2a1111) mitre-tool System Network Connections Discovery - T1049 (7e150503-88e7-4861-866b-ff1ac82c4475) Attack Pattern 3
Domain Account - T1136.002 (7610cada-1499-41a4-b3dd-46467b68d177) Attack Pattern Create Account - T1136 (e01be9c5-e763-4caf-aeb7-000b416aef67) Attack Pattern 4
Network Share Connection Removal - T1070.005 (a750a9f6-0bde-4bb3-9aae-1e2786e9780c) Attack Pattern Indicator Removal - T1070 (799ace7f-e227-4411-baa0-8868704f2a69) Attack Pattern 4
Local Account - T1136.001 (635cbe30-392d-4e27-978e-66774357c762) Attack Pattern Create Account - T1136 (e01be9c5-e763-4caf-aeb7-000b416aef67) Attack Pattern 4
Service Execution - T1569.002 (f1951e8a-500e-4a26-8803-76d95c4554b4) Attack Pattern System Services - T1569 (d157f9d2-d09a-4efa-bb2a-64963f94e253) Attack Pattern 4
Permission Groups Discovery - T1069 (15dbf668-795c-41e6-8219-f0447c0e64ce) Attack Pattern Domain Groups - T1069.002 (2aed01ad-3df3-4410-a8cb-11ea4ded587c) Attack Pattern 4
Additional Local or Domain Groups - T1098.007 (3e6831b2-bf4c-4ae6-b328-2e7c6633b291) Attack Pattern Account Manipulation - T1098 (a10641f4-87b4-45a3-a906-92a149cb2c27) Attack Pattern 4
Domain Account - T1087.002 (21875073-b0ee-49e3-9077-1e2a885359af) Attack Pattern Account Discovery - T1087 (72b74d71-8169-42aa-92e0-e7b04b9f5a08) Attack Pattern 4
Remote Services - T1021 (54a649ff-439a-41a4-9856-8d144a2551ba) Attack Pattern SMB/Windows Admin Shares - T1021.002 (4f9ca633-15c5-463c-9724-bdcd54fde541) Attack Pattern 4
Bidirectional Communication - T1102.002 (be055942-6e63-49d7-9fa1-9cb7d8a8f3f4) Attack Pattern Web Service - T1102 (830c9528-df21-472c-8c14-a036bf17d665) Attack Pattern 4
Application Layer Protocol - T1071 (355be19c-ffc9-46d5-8d50-d6a036c675b6) Attack Pattern Web Protocols - T1071.001 (df8b2a25-8bdf-4856-953c-a04372b1c161) Attack Pattern 4
Symmetric Cryptography - T1573.001 (24bfaeba-cb0d-4525-b3dc-507c77ecec41) Attack Pattern Encrypted Channel - T1573 (b8902400-e6c5-4ba2-95aa-2d35b442b118) Attack Pattern 4
Create or Modify System Process - T1543 (106c0cf6-bf73-4601-9aa8-0945c2715ec5) Attack Pattern Windows Service - T1543.003 (2959d63f-73fd-46a1-abd2-109d7dcede32) Attack Pattern 4
Local Data Staging - T1074.001 (1c34f7aa-9341-4a48-bfab-af22e51aca6c) Attack Pattern Data Staged - T1074 (7dd95ff6-712e-4056-9626-312ea4ab4c5e) Attack Pattern 4
Active Setup - T1547.014 (22522668-ddf6-470b-a027-9d6866679f67) Attack Pattern Boot or Logon Autostart Execution - T1547 (1ecb2399-e8ba-4f6b-8ba7-5c27d49405cf) Attack Pattern 4
Input Capture - T1056 (bb5a00de-e086-4859-a231-fa793f6797e2) Attack Pattern Keylogging - T1056.001 (09a60ea3-a8d1-4ae5-976e-5783248b72a4) Attack Pattern 4
poisonivy (e336aeba-b61a-44e0-a0df-cd52a5839db5) Tool PoisonIvy (4e104fef-8a2c-4679-b497-6e86d7d47db0) RAT 4
PoisonIvy (4e104fef-8a2c-4679-b497-6e86d7d47db0) RAT APT14 (c82c904f-b3b4-40a2-bf0d-008912953104) Threat Actor 4
Poison Ivy (7789fc1b-3cbc-4a1c-8ef0-8b06760f93e7) Malpedia PoisonIvy (4e104fef-8a2c-4679-b497-6e86d7d47db0) RAT 4
Poison Ivy (2abe89de-46dd-4dae-ae22-b49a593aff54) Tool PoisonIvy (4e104fef-8a2c-4679-b497-6e86d7d47db0) RAT 4
Process Injection - T1055 (43e7dc91-05b2-474c-b9ac-2ed4fe101f4d) Attack Pattern Dynamic-link Library Injection - T1055.001 (f4599aa0-4f85-4a32-80ea-fc39dc965945) Attack Pattern 4
Poison Ivy (2abe89de-46dd-4dae-ae22-b49a593aff54) Tool poisonivy (e336aeba-b61a-44e0-a0df-cd52a5839db5) Tool 4
Poison Ivy (2abe89de-46dd-4dae-ae22-b49a593aff54) Tool APT14 (c82c904f-b3b4-40a2-bf0d-008912953104) Threat Actor 4
Poison Ivy (2abe89de-46dd-4dae-ae22-b49a593aff54) Tool Poison Ivy (7789fc1b-3cbc-4a1c-8ef0-8b06760f93e7) Malpedia 4
Execution Guardrails - T1480 (853c4192-4311-43e1-bfbb-b11b14911852) Attack Pattern Mutual Exclusion - T1480.002 (49fca0d2-685d-41eb-8bd4-05451cc3a742) Attack Pattern 4
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 4
Poison Ivy (7789fc1b-3cbc-4a1c-8ef0-8b06760f93e7) Malpedia poisonivy (e336aeba-b61a-44e0-a0df-cd52a5839db5) Tool 4
APT14 (c82c904f-b3b4-40a2-bf0d-008912953104) Threat Actor Gh0st RAT (255a59a7-db2d-44fc-9ca9-5859b65817c3) RAT 5
APT14 (c82c904f-b3b4-40a2-bf0d-008912953104) Threat Actor Gh0st Rat (cb8c8253-4024-4cc9-8989-b4a5f95f6c2f) Tool 5
APT14 (c82c904f-b3b4-40a2-bf0d-008912953104) Threat Actor Torn RAT (32a67552-3b31-47bb-8098-078099bbc813) Tool 5
Gh0st RAT (255a59a7-db2d-44fc-9ca9-5859b65817c3) RAT Ghost RAT (225fa6cf-dc9c-4b86-873b-cdf1d9dd3738) Malpedia 6
APT43 (aac49b4e-74e9-49fa-84f9-e340cf8bafbc) Threat Actor Gh0st Rat (cb8c8253-4024-4cc9-8989-b4a5f95f6c2f) Tool 6