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