GINC-APT-0273 · State

Blue Mushroom

Also APT-C-12, NuclearCrisis, Sapphire Mushroom.

Category
State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
Origin
Taiwan(medium confidence)
Motivation
Espionage
Sources
6 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-0273 · blue-mushroom

What it is

According to 360 TIC the actor has carried out continuous cyber espionage activities since 2011 on key units and departments of the Chinese government, military industry, scientific research, and finance. The organization focuses on information related to the nuclear industry and scientific research. The targets were mainly concentrated in mainland China...[M]ore than 670 malware samples have been collected from the group, including more than 60 malicious plugins specifically for lateral movement; more than 40 C2 domain names and IPs related to the organization have also been discovered.

Names

The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.

Qihoo 360
APT-C-12
Other names
NuclearCrisis, Sapphire Mushroom

Attribution

Each attribution is a claim: who makes it, and to whom. Western and Eastern sources are kept apart, as they often disagree.

Chinese and Russian sources

Targets

Countries
China
Sectors
Finance, Government, Military, Private sector, Scientific Research

Tools

The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.

  • China Chopper
  • Cyber Eye RAT
  • CyberGate
  • Nuclear RAT
  • RTM

Sources