Aoqin Dragon - G1007

Created: 2022-07-14T14:32:47.582Z

Modified: 2022-10-24T18:50:40.179Z

Contributors: Hiroki Nagahama, NEC Corporation,Pooja Natarajan, NEC Corporation India,Manikantan Srinivasan, NEC Corporation India

Aliases

Aoqin Dragon

Description

Aoqin Dragon is a suspected Chinese cyber espionage threat group that has been active since at least 2013. Aoqin Dragon has primarily targeted government, education, and telecommunication organizations in Australia, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Vietnam. Security researchers noted a potential association between Aoqin Dragon and UNC94, based on malware, infrastructure, and targets.(Citation: SentinelOne Aoqin Dragon June 2022)

Techniques Used

Aoqin Dragon has used a dropper that employs a worm infection strategy using a removable device to breach a secure network environment.(Citation: SentinelOne Aoqin Dragon June 2022)|
|mitre-attack|enterprise-attack|PRE|T1587.001|Malware|

Aoqin Dragon has used custom malware, including

Mongall and

Heyoka Backdoor, in their operations.(Citation: SentinelOne Aoqin Dragon June 2022)|
|mitre-attack|enterprise-attack|PRE|T1588.002|Tool|

Aoqin Dragon obtained the Heyoka open source exfiltration tool and subsequently modified it for their operations.(Citation: SentinelOne Aoqin Dragon June 2022)|
|mitre-attack|enterprise-attack|macOS,Windows,Linux|T1027.002|Software Packing|

Aoqin Dragon has used the Themida packer to obfuscate malicious payloads.(Citation: SentinelOne Aoqin Dragon June 2022)|
|mitre-attack|enterprise-attack|Linux,macOS,Windows|T1570|Lateral Tool Transfer|

Aoqin Dragon has spread malware in target networks by copying modules to folders masquerading as removable devices.(Citation: SentinelOne Aoqin Dragon June 2022)|
|mitre-attack|enterprise-attack|Linux,macOS,Windows,Network|T1083|File and Directory Discovery|