CNChinaconfidence: 50

APT4APT4

Also known as: PLA Navy · MAVERICK PANDA · BRONZE EDISON · SODIUM · Salmon Typhoon · APT4

Origin
CN
Known aliases
6
Target sectors
2
Attribution
State-sponsored

Profile

APT4 is a Chinese-attributed threat actor catalogued by MISP-Galaxy (MISP-Galaxy v341). The group is also tracked as PLA Navy, MAVERICK PANDA, BRONZE EDISON (and 2 more). Operational targeting focuses on the Private sector and Military sectors. Documented victim organisations include United States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong.

Aliases· 6

PLA NavyMAVERICK PANDABRONZE EDISONSODIUMSalmon TyphoonAPT4

Target sectors· 2

Private sectorMilitary

Known victims· 3

  • United States
  • United Kingdom
  • Hong Kong

References

  1. https://www.alienvault.com/open-threat-exchange/blog/new-sykipot-developments
  2. http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/sykipot-now-targeting-us-civil-aviation-sector-information/
  3. https://www.sans.org/reading-room/whitepapers/malicious/detailed-analysis-sykipot-smartcard-proxy-variant-33919
  4. https://www.cfr.org/interactive/cyber-operations/sykipot
  5. https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles/bronze-edison
  6. https://www.mandiant.com/resources/insights/apt-groups

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