UTA0178

CN Suspected sponsor: China
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APAC targets
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Techniques
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Incidents
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News · 30d
Profile
Also known as: ARMORY CASTLE, Red Dev 61, UNC5221

While Volexity largely observed the attacker essentially living off the land, they still deployed a handful of malware files and tools during the course of the incident which primarily consisted of webshells, proxy utilities, and file modifications to allow credential harvesting. Once UTA0178 had access into the network via the ICS VPN appliance, their general approach was to pivot from system to system using compromised credentials. They would then further compromise credentials of users on any new system that was breached, and use these credentials to log into additional systems via RDP. Volexity observed the attacker obtaining credentials in a variety of ways.

Related profiles: UNC5337

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ATT&CK techniques
MITRE ATT&CK has no technique mapping for this actor.
Incidents attributed
In the news · last mention Nov 12
Targets
Elsewhere: Germany
Relevance to the EU
EU relevance: Medium
Targets EU member states (Germany)
No EU cooperation projects recorded in its target countries.