Profile
UAT-8099 is a Chinese-speaking cybercrime group primarily engaged in SEO fraud and the theft of high-value credentials, configuration files, and certificate data from vulnerable IIS servers. They utilize web shells and PowerShell to deploy the GotoHTTP tool for remote access, while also employing techniques such as DLL sideloading and RDP for persistence. The group has been observed using BadIIS variants for SEO manipulation and executing reconnaissance commands to gather system information. Additionally, they create hidden accounts and utilize VPN tools to maintain long-term access to compromised systems.
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.