- Category
- State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
- Origin
- China(medium confidence)
- Motivation
- Information theft and espionage
- Seen
- 2022–2023
- Status
- Dormant
- Sources
- 9 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0082 · darkpink
What it is
DarkPink is an APT group that has been active since mid-2021, primarily targeting government, military, and non-profit organizations in Southeast Asia and Europe. The group employs spear phishing techniques, utilizing ISO images and malicious PDF files to deliver custom Trojan programs like TelePowerBot and KamiKakaBot for information theft. They have exploited vulnerabilities such as CVE-2023-38831 to enhance their attack processes and maintain persistence through DLL side-loading and scheduled tasks. DarkPink's operations are characterized by stealth and precision, making them a significant threat in the cyber landscape.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- Other names
- Dark Pink, APT-LY-1005, Saaiwc, Saaiwc Group
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
- Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
- Sectors
- Defense, Education, Government, Non-profit organizations
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- Ctealer
- Cucky
- Cyber Eye RAT
- CyberGate
- KamiKakaBot
- Living off the Land
- POWERSOURCE
- POWERSTATS
- Power Loader
- PowerDuke
- PowerRAT
- PowerSploit
- TelePowerBot
- Trojan.Karagany
- Trojan.Mebromi
- Xploit
- ZMsg
Sources
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de