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สำนักงานพัฒนาธุรกรรมทางอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ Electronic Transactions Development Agency |
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สำนักงานพัฒนาธุรกรรมทางอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ Electronic Transactions Development Agency |
APT group: Gelsemium| Names | Gelsemium (ESET) | |
| Country |  China | |
| Motivation | Information theft and espionage | |
| First seen | 2014 | |
| Description | (ESET) The Gelsemium group has been active since at least 2014 and was described in the past by a few security companies .Gelsemium’s name comes from one possible translation we found while reading a report from VenusTech who dubbed the group 狼毒草 for the first time .It’s the name of a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gelsemiaceae, Gelsemium elegans is the species that contains toxic compounds like Gelsemine, Gelsenicine and Gelsevirine, which we chose as names for the three components of this malware family. | |
| Observed | Sectors: Education, Gaming, Government, High-Tech, NGOs and religious organizations. Countries: Argentina, Brunei, China, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nigeria, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK, Vietnam, Yemen. | |
| Tools used | ASPXSpy, BadPotato, China Chopper, Chrommme, EarthWorm, Cobalt Strike, Gelsemine, Gelsenicine, Gelsevirine, JuicyPotato, Owowa, OwlProxy, reGeorg, SessionManager, SpoolFool, SweetPotato. | |
| Operations performed | 2014 | Operation “TooHash” <https://public.gdatasoftware.com/Presse/Publikationen/Whitepaper/EN/GDATA_TooHash_CaseStudy_102014_EN_v1.pdf> |
| Jan 2021 | Operation “NightScout” A new supply-chain attack compromising the update mechanism of NoxPlayer, an Android emulator for PCs and Macs, and part of BigNox’s product range with over 150 million users worldwide. <https://www.welivesecurity.com/2021/02/01/operation-nightscout-supply-chain-attack-online-gaming-asia/> | |
| Dec 2021 | Kaspersky discovers poorly detected backdoor, targeting governments and NGOs around the globe <https://www.kaspersky.com/about/press-releases/2022_kaspersky-discovers-poorly-detected-backdoor-targeting-governments-and-ngos-around-the-globe> | |
| Mid 2022 | Rare Backdoors Suspected to be Tied to Gelsemium APT Found in Targeted Attack in Southeast Asian Government <https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/rare-possible-gelsemium-attack-targets-se-asia/> | |
| Information | <https://www.welivesecurity.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/eset_gelsemium.pdf> <https://www.venustech.com.cn/uploads/2018/08/231401512426.pdf> | |
Last change to this card: 12 October 2023
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