- Category
- State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
- Origin
- China(high confidence)
- Motivation
- Information theft and espionage
- Seen
- 2014–2026
- Status
- Active
- ATT&CK
- G0136 · 7 techniques
- Sources
- 8 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0128 · indigozebra
ChinaWhat it is
IndigoZebra is a suspected Chinese cyber espionage group that has been targeting Central Asian governments since at least 2014.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- MITRE ATT&CK
- G0136
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
- ETDA / ThaiCERTChina
- MISP Galaxy (CFR tagging)China
- ThreatActor.info (Malpedia et al.)China · high
Targets
- Countries
- Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- Backdoor.Oldrea
- BoxCaon
- Dropbox
- PoisonIvy
- Unknown Logger
- xCaon
Sources
- MITRE ATT&CK attack.mitre.org
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de