- Category
- State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
- Origin
- China(high confidence)
- Motivation
- Information theft and espionage
- Seen
- 2013–2026
- Status
- Active
- ATT&CK
- G1007 · 9 techniques
- Sources
- 9 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0074 · aoqin-dragon
ChinaWhat it is
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.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- Mandiant
- UNC94
- MITRE ATT&CK
- G1007
Attribution
Each attribution is a claim: who makes it, and to whom. Western and Eastern sources are kept apart, as they often disagree.
Western sources
- ETDA / ThaiCERTChina
- MISP Galaxy (CFR tagging)China
- ThreatActor.info (Malpedia et al.)China · high
Targets
- Countries
- Australia, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Vietnam
- Sectors
- Education, Government, Telecommunications
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- Back Orifice
- Back Orifice 2000
- Backdoor.Oldrea
- GraphicBooting
- Heyoka Backdoor
- Mongall
Sources
- MITRE ATT&CK attack.mitre.org
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de