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