- 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
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de