Profile
UAT-6382 is a Chinese-speaking threat actor that exploits CVE-2025-0944 to gain access to enterprise networks, particularly targeting local governing bodies in the U.S. They deploy web shells like AntSword and chinatso/Chopper on IIS web servers and utilize Rust-based loaders to implement Cobalt Strike and VSHell for persistent access. UAT-6382 employs custom tooling, such as TetraLoader, and conducts reconnaissance to identify and exfiltrate files of interest. Their VShell stager connects to a hardcoded C2 server and executes payloads in memory, indicating modifications made by the actor.
ATT&CK techniques
MITRE ATT&CK has no technique mapping for this actor.
Incidents attributed
- No incident in the register is attributed to this actor.
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this actor yet.
Targets
No victim countries in the sources.
Relevance to the EU
EU relevance: Low
No EU member state among its known victims and no overlap with EU projects
No EU cooperation projects recorded in its target countries.
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