- Category
- State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
- Origin
- China(high confidence)
- Motivation
- Information theft and espionage
- Seen
- 2014
- Sources
- 6 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0276 · cardinallizard
ChinaWhat it is
CardinalLizard, a cyber threat actor linked to China, has targeted entities in Asia since 2018. Their methods include spear-phishing, custom malware with anti-detection features, and potentially shared infrastructure with other actors.
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
Targets
- Countries
- Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Russia
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- Cardinal
- China Chopper
- Cyber Eye RAT
- CyberGate
- PlugX
Sources
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de