KINWILDER

APT27

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reference profile · reported nexus: CN (not nationality)

A China-based actor that targets foreign embassies to collect data on government, defence, and technology sectors.

Source-reported aliases: GreedyTaotie, TG-3390, EMISSARY PANDA, TEMP.Hippo, Red Phoenix, Budworm, Group 35, ZipToken, Iron Tiger, BRONZE UNION, Lucky Mouse, G0027, Iron Taurus, Earth Smilodon, Circle Typhoon, Linen Typhoon, SHORE CASTLE. Associations do not prove equivalence.

Target geography

Catalog-listed countries (associations, not attack counts): United States of America · United Kingdom · France · Japan · Taiwan · India · Canada · China · Thailand · Israel · Australia · South Korea · Russia · Iran · Türkiye

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Historical casebook

No dated record curated yet; absence does not establish inactivity.

Planned Kinwilder coverage

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References

Pinned source catalog

https://i.blackhat.com/Asia-22/Friday-Materials/AS-22-Li-To-Loot-Or-Not-To-Loot-That-Is-Not-a-Question.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20140129192702/https://www.scmagazineuk.com/iran-and-russia-blamed-for-state-sponsored-espionage/article/330401/

https://labs.bitdefender.com/2018/02/operation-pzchao-a-possible-return-of-the-iron-tiger-apt/

https://www.bitdefender.com/files/News/CaseStudies/study/185/Bitdefender-Business-2017-WhitePaper-PZCHAO-crea2452-en-EN-GenericUse.pdf

https://www.cfr.org/interactive/cyber-operations/iron-tiger

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/chinese-cyber-espionage-group-hacked-government-data-center/

https://www.secureworks.com/research/bronze-union

https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-group-3390-targets-organizations-for-cyberespionage

https://www.threatconnect.com/blog/threatconnect-discovers-chinese-apt-activity-in-europe/

https://www.nccgroup.trust/uk/about-us/newsroom-and-events/blogs/2018/april/decoding-network-data-from-a-gh0st-rat-variant/

https://securelist.com/luckymouse-ndisproxy-driver/87914/

https://paper.seebug.org/papers/APT/APT_CyberCriminal_Campagin/2015/2015.09.17.Operation_Iron_Tiger/Operation%20Iron%20Tiger%20Appendix.pdf

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/08/newly-discovered-chinese-hacking-group-hacked-100-websites-to-use-as-watering-holes/

https://securelist.com/luckymouse-hits-national-data-center/86083/

https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0027/

https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles/bronze-union

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