- Category
- State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
- Origin
- India(high confidence)
- Motivation
- Information theft and espionage
- Seen
- 2013–2026
- Status
- Active
- ATT&CK
- G1002 · 17 techniques
- Sources
- 8 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0113 · bitter
IndiaWhat it is
BITTER is a suspected South Asian cyber espionage threat group that has been active since at least 2013. BITTER has targeted government, energy, and engineering organizations in Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, and Saudi Arabia.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- CrowdStrike
- HAZY TIGER
- MITRE ATT&CK
- G1002
- Proofpoint
- TA397
- Qihoo 360
- APT-C-08
- Other names
- Orange Yali, T-APT-17
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
Chinese and Russian sources
- Qihoo 360India
Targets
- Countries
- Bangladesh, China, Germany, India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
- Sectors
- Energy, Engineering, Government
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- Androrat
- DroidJack
- ZxxZ
Sources
- MITRE ATT&CK attack.mitre.org
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de
- Qihoo 360 apt.360.net