Tonto Team is a threat group thought to operate from China, with suspected state backing. Public reporting links it to 14 attack techniques, and to attacks on military, government and private sector organisations, with 5 countries and victims named. This free profile shows how it works and who it targets, so you can judge the risk to you.
Tonto Team has 9 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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What public reporting says
Tonto Team is a Chinese-speaking APT group that has been active since at least 2013. They primarily target military, diplomatic, and infrastructure organizations in Asia and Eastern Europe. The group has been observed using various malware, including the Bisonal RAT and ShadowPad. They employ spear-phishing emails with malicious attachments as their preferred method of distribution.
Public reports about Tonto Team (11)
Each technique is a known way attackers research, get in, stay hidden or do damage. Here are the 14 linked to Tonto Team, 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 9 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 (5)
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Tonto Team is a threat group thought to operate from China, with suspected state backing. Public reporting links it to 14 attack techniques, and to attacks on military, government and private sector organisations, with 5 countries and victims named.
Public reporting places Tonto Team 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 military, government and private sector, and 5 countries and victims are named, including Eastern Europe, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.
Public reporting links Tonto Team to 14 attack techniques. Most of them are about running code, stealing passwords and looking around.
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