- Category
- State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
- Origin
- China(high confidence)
- Motivation
- Information theft and espionage
- Seen
- 2020
- Sources
- 5 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0401 · earth-kurma
What it is
Earth Kurma is an APT group targeting government and telecommunications sectors in Southeast Asia, with a primary focus on data exfiltration. They employ advanced custom malware, including rootkits like KRNRAT and MORIYA, and utilize cloud storage services for exfiltration. Their toolsets include TESDAT and SIMPOBOXSPY, and they demonstrate adaptive TTPs and complex evasion techniques. Attribution overlaps with other APT groups, but distinct attack patterns warrant their separate designation.
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, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
- Sectors
- Government, Telecommunications
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- CloudDuke
- Cobalt Strike
- DMLOADER
- DUNLOADER
- KRNRAT
- Moriya
- ODRIZ
- SIMPOBOXSPY
- TESDAT
Sources
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de