- Category
- State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
- Origin
- China(high confidence)
- Agency named
- NSA
- Motivation
- Information theft and espionage
- Seen
- 2007–2026
- Status
- Active
- ATT&CK
- G1023 · 29 techniques
- Sources
- 8 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0112 · apt5
ChinaWhat it is
APT5 is a China-based espionage actor that has been active since at least 2007 primarily targeting the telecommunications, aerospace, and defense industries throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia. APT5 has displayed advanced tradecraft and significant interest in compromising networking devices and their underlying software including through the use of zero-day exploits.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- CrowdStrike
- APT 5, Keyhole Panda, Keyhole Panda
- Mandiant
- APT 5, UNC2630, TEMP.Bottle
- Microsoft
- Mulberry Typhoon
- PwC
- Red Horus, Red Naga
- Secureworks
- BRONZE FLEETWOOD, TG-2754
- Other names
- ATG48, Auriga, Backdoor-DPD, BASALT CASTLE, Bottle, COVENANT, CYSERVICE, MANGANESE, Poisoned Flight, TABCTENG
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
- MicrosoftChina
- ThreatActor.info (Malpedia et al.)China · high
Targets
- Sectors
- Defense, Electronic, High-Tech, Industrial, Technology, Telecommunications, Telecoms
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- BIRDWORLD
- BRIGHTCOMB
- BRIGHTCREST
- CYFREE
- CrossRat
- ENCORE
- FARCRY
- FREESWIM
- FULLSILO
- GIF89A
- HAPPYSAD
- HAZELNUT
- HELLOTHEWORLD
- HIREDHELP
- LEOUNCIA
- Mimikatz
- NEDDYHORSE
- Net
- PACEMAKER
- PALEJAB
- PITCHFORK
- PULLTAB
- PULSECHECK
- PcShare
- PoisonIvy
- RAPIDPULSE
- SCREENBIND
- SHINYFUR
- SHIPSHAPE
- SLIGHTPULSE
- SLOWPULSE
- SPIRITBOX
- SWEETCOLA
- Skeleton Key
- TRUCKBED
- Tasklist
- WIDERIM
- WINVAULT
- gh0st RAT
- netstat
Sources
- MITRE ATT&CK attack.mitre.org
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de