CNG0143G1006
Earth LuscaEarth Lusca
Also known as: CHROMIUM · ControlX · TAG-22 · FISHMONGER · BRONZE UNIVERSITY · AQUATIC PANDA · Red Dev 10 · RedHotel · Charcoal Typhoon · BountyGlad · Red Scylla · Earth Lusca
Origin
CN
Known aliases
12
Target sectors
10
Profile
Earth Lusca is a threat actor from China that targets organizations of interest to the Chinese government, including academic institutions, telecommunication companies, religious organizations, and other civil society groups. Earth Lusca's tools closely resemble those used by Winnti Umbrella, but the group appears to operate separately from Winnti. Earth Lusca has also been observed targeting cryptocurrency payment platforms and cryptocurrency exchanges in what are likely financially motivated attacks.
Aliases· 12
CHROMIUMControlXTAG-22FISHMONGERBRONZE UNIVERSITYAQUATIC PANDARed Dev 10RedHotelCharcoal TyphoonBountyGladRed ScyllaEarth Lusca
Target sectors· 10
Gambling companiesGovernment InstitutionsEducationMedia and EntertainmentPro-democracy and human rights political organizationsTelecommunicationsReligious organizationCryptocurrencyMedicalCovid-19 research organizations
Known victims· 15
- Australia
- China
- France
- Germany
- Hong Kong
- Japan
- Mongolia
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Philippines
- Taiwan
- Thailand
MITRE ATT&CK Group crosswalk
References
- https://hello.global.ntt/-/media/ntt/global/insights/white-papers/the-operations-of-winnti-group.pdf
- https://www.trendmicro.com/content/dam/trendmicro/global/en/research/22/a/earth-lusca-employs-sophisticated-infrastructure-varied-tools-and-techniques/technical-brief-delving-deep-an-analysis-of-earth-lusca-operations.pdf
- https://www.recordedfuture.com/chinese-group-tag-22-targets-nepal-philippines-taiwan
- https://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RWMFIi
- https://media-exp1.licdn.com/dms/document/C561FAQHhWFRcWmdCPw/feedshare-document-pdf-analyzed/0/1639591145314?e=1658966400&v=beta&t=_uCcyEVg6b_VDiBTvWQIXtBOdQ1GQAAydqGyq62KA3E
- https://www.sentinelone.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/SentinelOne_-SentinelLabs_ShadowPad_WP_V2.pdf
- https://www.pwc.co.uk/issues/cyber-security-services/research/chasing-shadows.html
- https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/overwatch-exposes-aquatic-panda-in-possession-of-log-4-shell-exploit-tools
Related by meaning· 6
Nearest entities by semantic similarity across the cs-graph corpus.