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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 41-50 of 197 profiles
NameLocationObjectivesAliasesTools
BRONZE STARLIGHT iconChina
Espionage
Cinnamon Tempest (Microsoft), DEV-0401 (Microsoft), Emperor Dragonfly (Sygnia)
AtomSilo, Cobalt Strike, HUI Loader, Impacket, LockFile, NightSky, Pandora, PlugX, Rook
BRONZE TIGER iconChina
Espionage, Surveillance
Earth Estries (Trend Micro), Famous Sparrow (ESET), Ghost Emperor (Kaspersky), RedMike (Recorded Future), Salt Typhoon (Microsoft)
BRONZE UNION iconChina
Espionage
APT27 (FireEye), Bowser, Budworm (Symantec), Circle Typhoon (Microsoft), Emissary Panda (CrowdStrike), Group35, Iron Tiger (Trend Micro), Linen Typhoon (Microsoft), Lucky Mouse (Kaspersky), Temp.Hippo (FireEye), TG-3390 (SCWX CTU)
9002, AbcShell, ASPXSpy, China Chopper, Chropper for jsp, EAGERBEE, Enfal, GetPassword, Gh0st RAT, GNY Shell, Godzilla Webshell, HttpBrowser, Hunter, HyperBro, Kekeo, Mimikatz, OwaAuth, PCShare, PhantomNet, PlugX, PoisonIvy, PwDump, RCMD, ReGeorg, Remcos, RootTows, Sysupdate, UDTRAT, Warzone RAT, Wonknu, Wrapikatz, ZxShell
BRONZE UNIVERSITY iconChina
Espionage
Aquatic Panda, Aquatic Panda (Crowdstrike), Charcoal Typhoon, Charcoal Typhoon (Microsoft), CHROMIUM, CHROMIUM (Microsoft), Earth Lusca, Earth Lusca (Trend Micro), FISHMONGER, FISHMONGER (ESET), Red Dev 10, Red Dev 10 (PWC), Red Scylla, Red Scylla (PWC), RedHotel, RedHotel (Recorded Future), Tag-22, Tag-22 (Recorded Future)
Brute Ratel C4, Cobalt Strike, Fishmaster, FunnySwitch, njRAT, ShadowPad, SprySOCKS, Spyder
BRONZE VAPOR iconChina
Espionage
Chimera (Cycraft), DEV-0039 (Microsoft), Thorium (Microsoft), Tumbleweed Typhoon (Microsoft)
AceHash, CloudDrop, Cobalt Strike, Mimikatz, Sharphound, STOCKPIPE, Watercycle
BRONZE VINEWOOD iconChina
Espionage
APT31 (FireEye), BRONZE EXPRESS (Secureworks), Judgment Panda (CrowdStrike), Red Keres, TA412, VINEWOOD (Secureworks), Violet Typhoon (Microsoft), ZIRCONIUM (Microsoft)
BlueMoon, DropboxAES RAT, HanaLoader, Metasploit, Mimikatz, Reverse ICMP shell, Trochilus
BRONZE VINEWOOD iconChina
Espionage
APT31 (FireEye), BRONZE EXPRESS (Secureworks), Judgment Panda (CrowdStrike), Red Keres, TA412, VINEWOOD (Secureworks), Violet Typhoon (Microsoft), ZIRCONIUM (Microsoft)
BlueMoon, DropboxAES RAT, HanaLoader, Metasploit, Mimikatz, Reverse ICMP shell, Trochilus
BRONZE WALKER iconChina
Espionage
CTG-2810 (SCWX CTU), Mofang (Fox-IT)
ShimRat, Superman
BRONZE WOODLAND iconChina
Espionage
CTG-7273 (SCWX CTU), Roaming Tiger (ESET), Rotten Tomato (Sophos)
Appat, BbsRAT, PlugX, Zbot
Unattributed
Data Theft, Disruption, Espionage
Gonjeshke Darande, Indra, Predatory Sparrow