What public reporting says
Adversary group targeting financial, technology, non-profit organisations.
APT19 threat group
APT19 is an espionage group thought to operate from China, with suspected state backing. Public reporting links it to 18 attack techniques, and to attacks on private sector and military organisations, with 1 country or victim named. This free profile shows how it works and who it targets, so you can judge the risk to you.
- Attack techniques
- 18
- Countries and victims named
- 1
- Thought to operate from
- China
- Suspected backing
- China
- Motive
- Espionage
- Other names
- 14
Built from public reporting, with every source listed below.
Overview
Who is APT19?
APT19 has 14 other names in security research. Below is what published reporting says about it, with a link to every report so you can check the detail yourself.
Also known as
DEEP PANDACodosoWebMastersKungFu KittensBlack VineTEMP.AvengersGroup 13PinkPantherShell CrewBRONZE FIRESTONEG0009G0073
Security companies each give the same group their own name, so one group can have many.
Public reports about APT19 (29)
- Deep Pandacybercampaigns.net · 2013 · PDF (opens in a new tab)
- Anf T07b the Art of Attribution Identifying and Pursuing Your Cyber Adversaries Finalhuihoo.com · 2014 · PDF (opens in a new tab)
- Deep Pandacfr.org (opens in a new tab)
- Attack and Ie 0day Informations Used Against Council on Foreign Relationszataz.com · 2012 (opens in a new tab)
- Capstone Turbine Corporation Also Targeted in the Cfr Watering Hole Attack and Morezataz.com · 2013 (opens in a new tab)
- Department Labor Strategic Web Compromisecrowdstrike.com (opens in a new tab)
- Deep Thought Chinese Targeting National Security Think Tankscrowdstrike.com (opens in a new tab)
- Catching Up on the Opm Breachkrebsonsecurity.com · 2015 (opens in a new tab)
How it works
How does APT19 attack? Stage by stage.
Each technique is a known way attackers research, get in, stay hidden or do damage. Here are the 18 linked to APT19, laid out from first look to final blow. Some techniques belong to more than one stage. Pick a stage to see them. Public reporting also lists 14 more specific variations of them, called sub-techniques.
Stage 7 of 15
5 techniquesHiding
Disguising what they are doing so it blends in with normal activity.
- T1027Obfuscated Files or Information
- T1140Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information
- T1218System Binary Proxy Execution
- T1564Hide Artifacts
- T1574Hijack Execution Flow
Targets
Who does APT19 go after?
The sectors and places named in public reporting about this group. If yours is on the list, it is worth knowing how they work and which flaws they use.
Countries and victims named (1)
- 01United States
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APT19 is an espionage group thought to operate from China, with suspected state backing. Public reporting links it to 18 attack techniques, and to attacks on private sector and military organisations, with 1 country or victim named.
Public reporting places APT19 as operating from China, with suspected state backing. Attribution is never certain: it rests on the tools, infrastructure and targets researchers have seen.
In public reporting, sectors named include private sector and military, and 1 countries and victims are named, including United States.
Public reporting links APT19 to 18 attack techniques. Most of them are about hiding, running code and staying in.
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