GINC-APT-0299 · Targeted, sponsor unknown

Fishing Elephant

Also Outrider Tiger.

Category
Targeted, sponsor unknown · Targeted intrusions with no sponsor attributed.
Origin
Unknown
Motivation
Information theft and espionage
Seen
2019
Sources
6 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-0299 · fishing-elephant

What it is

Fishing Elephant is a threat actor that primarily targets victims in Bangladesh and Pakistan. They rely on consistent TTPs, including payload and communication patterns, while occasionally incorporating new techniques such as geo-fencing and hiding executables within certificate files. Their tool of choice is AresRAT, which they deliver through platforms like Heroku and Dropbox. Recently, they have shifted their focus to government and diplomatic entities in Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Ukraine, and China.

Names

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

CrowdStrike
Outrider Tiger

Targets

Countries
Bangladesh, China, Germany, Pakistan, Türkiye, Ukraine
Sectors
Government

Tools

The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.

  • AresRAT
  • China Chopper

Sources