Naikon is an espionage group thought to operate from China, with suspected state backing. Public reporting links it to 13 attack techniques, and to attacks on government and private sector organisations, with 14 countries and victims named. This free profile shows how it works and who it targets, so you can judge the risk to you.
Naikon has 7 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.
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Security companies each give the same group their own name, so one group can have many.
What public reporting says
Kaspersky described Naikon in a 2015 report as: 'The Naikon group is mostly active in countries such as the Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Singapore, and Nepal, hitting a variety of targets in a very opportunistic way.'
Public reports about Naikon (12)
Each technique is a known way attackers research, get in, stay hidden or do damage. Here are the 13 linked to Naikon, 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 10 more specific variations of them, called sub-techniques.
Running their own programs or commands on a machine they reached.
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 (14)
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Naikon is an espionage group thought to operate from China, with suspected state backing. Public reporting links it to 13 attack techniques, and to attacks on government and private sector organisations, with 14 countries and victims named.
Public reporting places Naikon 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 government and private sector, and 14 countries and victims are named, including India, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam and Myanmar.
Public reporting links Naikon to 13 attack techniques. Most of them are about running code, staying in and looking around.
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