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APT group: Bronze Highland

Names	Bronze Highland (SecureWorks) Evasive Panda (Malwarebytes)
Country	China
Motivation	Information theft and espionage
First seen	2014
Description	(SecureWorks) BRONZE HIGHLAND has been observed using spearphishing as an initial infection vector to deploy the MgBot remote access trojan against targets in Hong Kong. Third party reporting suggests the threat group also targets India, Malaysia and Taiwan and leverages Cobalt Strike and KsRemote Android Rat. CTU researchers assess with moderate confidence that BRONZE HIGHLAND operates on behalf of China and has a remit covering espionage against domestic human rights and pro-democracy advocates and nations neighbouring China.
Observed	Countries: Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Taiwan.
Tools used	Cobalt Strike, MgBot, KsRemote.
Information	<https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles> <https://blog.malwarebytes.com/threat-analysis/2020/07/chinese-apt-group-targets-india-and-hong-kong-using-new-variant-of-mgbot-malware/> <https://vb2020.vblocalhost.com/uploads/VB2020-43.pdf>

Last change to this card: 10 August 2021

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