GINC-APT-1020 · Criminal

UAT-8099

Category
Criminal · Financially motivated: ransomware, fraud and theft.
Origin
China(high confidence)
Sources
3 sources carry it
Identifier
GINC-APT-1020 · uat-8099

What it is

UAT-8099 is a Chinese-speaking cybercrime group primarily engaged in SEO fraud and the theft of high-value credentials, configuration files, and certificate data from vulnerable IIS servers. They utilize web shells and PowerShell to deploy the GotoHTTP tool for remote access, while also employing techniques such as DLL sideloading and RDP for persistence. The group has been observed using BadIIS variants for SEO manipulation and executing reconnaissance commands to gather system information. Additionally, they create hidden accounts and utilize VPN tools to maintain long-term access to compromised systems.

Attribution

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

Tools

The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.

  • Cyber Eye RAT
  • CyberGate
  • HTTP WEB BACKDOOR
  • POWERSOURCE
  • POWERSTATS
  • Power Loader
  • PowerDuke
  • Remote Utilities
  • RemoteCMD
  • RemotePC

Sources

  • Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de