- Category
- State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
- Origin
- China(high confidence)
- Motivation
- Information theft and espionage
- Seen
- 2021
- Sources
- 5 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0462 · temp-heretic
ChinaWhat it is
TEMP_Heretic is a threat actor that has been observed engaging in targeted spear-phishing campaigns. They exploit vulnerabilities in email platforms, such as Zimbra, to exfiltrate emails from government, military, and media organizations. They use multiple outlook.com email addresses and manually craft content for each email before sending it.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- Operations
- Operation EmailThief, Operation EmailThief, TEMP_Heretic
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
- Sectors
- Government, Media
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- Xploit
Sources
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de