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Threat profiles

Explore the latest threat group definitions and profiles published by the 

Sophos® Counter Threat Unit™ (CTU) Research Team.

Showing 11-20 of 197 profiles
NameLocationObjectivesAliasesTools
BRONZE ELGIN iconChina
Espionage
CTG-8171 (SCWX CTU), Lotus Blossom (Palo Alto), Lotus Panda (CrowdStrike), Lstudio, Spring Dragon (Kaspersky)
Chrysalis, Cobalt Strike, Elise, Emissary Trojan, Lzari, Meterpreter
BRONZE EXPORT iconChina
Espionage, Financial Gain
TG-3279 (SCWX CTU), Wicked Spider (CrowdStrike)
Conpee, PlugX, PwDump
BRONZE FIRESTONE iconChina
Espionage
APT19 (FireEye), C0d0s0, Checkered Typhoon (Microsoft), Chlorine (Microsoft), Deep Panda (CrowdStrike), Pupa (Symantec), TG-3551 (SCWX CTU)
9002, Alice's Rabbit Hole, Cobalt Strike, Derusbi, PlugX, PoisonIvy, PowerShell Empire, Trojan Briba, Zuguo
BRONZE FLAXEN iconChina
Espionage
Ethereal Panda (Crowdstrike), Flax Typhoon (Microsoft)
Bad Potato, Juicy Potato, Metasploit, Mimikatz, SoftEther VPN
BRONZE FLEETWOOD iconChina
Espionage
APT5 (FireEye), DPD (Palo Alto), Keyhole Panda (CrowdStrike), Mulberry Typhoon (Microsoft), Poisoned Flight (Kaspersky), TG-2754 (SCWX CTU)
Binanen, Comfoo, Gh0st RAT, Isastart, Leouncia, Marade, OrcaRAT, PCShare, Protux, Skeleton Key, SlyPidgin, VinSelf
BRONZE GENEVA iconChina
Espionage
APT30 (FireEye), BRONZE STERLING (SCWX CTU), CTG-5326 (SCWX CTU), Naikon (Kaspersky), Override Panda (CrowdStrike), RADIUM (Microsoft), Raspberry Typhoon
Lecna Downloader, Nebulae, ShadowPad
BRONZE GLOBE iconChina
Espionage
APT12 (FireEye), CTG-8223 (SCWX CTU), DyncCalc (Symantec), Numbered Panda (CrowdStrike), PortCalc
Badpuck, BeepService, Etumbot, Gh0st RAT, Ixeshe, Mswab, RAdmin, Seatran, SvcInstaller, Ziyang
BRONZE HIGHLAND iconChina
Espionage
Daggerfly, Daggerfly (Symantec), Evasive Panda (CrowdStrike), Evasive Panda (MalwareBytes), Storm Bamboo (Volexity)
Cobalt Strike, KsRemote, Macma, MgBot, Nightdoor, PlugX
BRONZE HOBART iconChina
Espionage, Surveillance
APT23, Earth Centaur (Trend Micro), KeyBoy (CitizenLab), Pirate Panda (CrowdStrike), Red Orthrus (PWC), TA413 (Proofpoint), Tropic Trooper (Trend Micro)
Crowdoor, DSNGInstaller, KeyBoy, LOWZERO, Mofu, Pfine, Sepulcher, Xiangoop Loader, Yahaoyah
BRONZE HUNTLEY iconChina
Espionage
CactusPete (Kaspersky), Earth Akhlut (Trend Micro), Karma Panda (CrowdStrike), Red Beifang, Tonto Team
Bisonal, RatN, Royal Road, ShadowPad