GINC-APT-0139 · State

Night Dragon

Category
State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
Origin
China(high confidence)
Motivation
Information theft and espionage
Seen
2009–2011
Status
Dormant
Sources
8 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-0139 · night-dragon

What it is

Night Dragon is a threat actor tracked by MISP Galaxy. Additional information pending cataloguing.

Attribution

Each attribution is a claim: who makes it, and to whom. Western and Eastern sources are kept apart, as they often disagree.

Targets

Countries
Greece, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Taiwan, United States
Sectors
Energy, Oil and gas, Petrochemical

Tools

The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.

  • ASPXSpy
  • Cain & Abel
  • gsecdump
  • zwShell

Sources