CNChinaconfidence: 50

APT10APT10

Also known as: STONE PANDA · Menupass Team · happyyongzi · POTASSIUM · Red Apollo · CVNX · HOGFISH · Cloud Hopper · BRONZE RIVERSIDE · ATK41 · G0045 · Granite Taurus · TA429 · Cicada · Purple Typhoon · APT10

Origin
CN
Known aliases
16
Target sectors
2
Attribution
State-sponsored

Profile

menuPass is a threat group that has been active since at least 2006. Individual members of menuPass are known to have acted in association with the Chinese Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Tianjin State Security Bureau and worked for the Huaying Haitai Science and Technology Development Company.

Aliases· 16

STONE PANDAMenupass TeamhappyyongziPOTASSIUMRed ApolloCVNXHOGFISHCloud HopperBRONZE RIVERSIDEATK41Granite TaurusTA429CicadaPurple TyphoonAPT10
G0045

Target sectors· 2

Private sectorGovernment

Known victims· 15

  • Japan
  • India
  • South Africa
  • South Korea
  • Sweden
  • United States
  • Canada
  • Australia
  • France
  • Finland
  • United Kingdom
  • Brazil

References

  1. https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/unit42-menupass-returns-new-malware-new-attacks-japanese-academics-organizations/
  2. https://www.cfr.org/interactive/cyber-operations/apt-10
  3. https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/content/files/protected_files/article_files/Joint%20report%20on%20publicly%20available%20hacking%20tools%20%28NCSC%29.pdf
  4. https://www.pwc.co.uk/cyber-security/pdf/cloud-hopper-report-final-v4.pdf
  5. https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2017/04/apt10_menupass_grou.html
  6. https://www.eweek.com/security/chinese-nation-state-hackers-target-u.s-in-operation-tradesecret
  7. https://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/chessmaster-cyber-espionage-campaign/
  8. https://www.accenture.com/t20180423T055005Z_w_/se-en/_acnmedia/PDF-76/Accenture-Hogfish-Threat-Analysis.pdf

Related by meaning· 6

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Group
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Sourced from MISP-Galaxy Threat Actor cluster. Curated by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.