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Elderwood
Aliases: Beijing Group, Elderwood, Elderwood Gang, Sneaky Panda
[Elderwood](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0066) is a suspected Chinese cyber espionage group that was reportedly responsible for the 2009 Google intrusion known as Operation Aurora. (Citation: Security Affairs Elderwood Sept 2012) The group has targeted defense organizations, supply chain manufacturers, human rights and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and IT service providers. (Citation: Symantec Elderwood Sept 2012) (Citation: CSM Elderwood Sept 2012)
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Follow explicit source relationships into the reference modules. Linked procedures and detectors are not claims of live validation or actor attribution.
- T1027.002 Software Packing simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1027.002 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1027.013 Encrypted/Encoded File simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1027.013 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1105 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1189 Drive-by Compromise simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1189 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1203 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1204.001 Malicious Link simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1204.001 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1204.002 Malicious File simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1204.002 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1566.001 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
- T1566.002 Spearphishing Link simulation — Exact active technique ID
- T1566.002 detection rules — Exact active technique ID; not actor-specific detector coverage
Cyber Knowledge routes
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Vulnerability Research & Exploit Development · explicit-idModule 1 — Mission, authorization, and methodology
Red Team & Offensive Security · topic-matchModule 2 — The Intelligence Cycle Intelligence Types
Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) · topic-matchModule 8 — Operationalizing CTI (CTI → Detection)
Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) · topic-matchWeakness taxonomy and vulnerability identity
Vulnerability Research & Exploit Development · topic-matchBrowser, frontend, and cross-origin security
Secure Code & Application Security · topic-matchModule 6 — Alert triage, investigation, and escalation
Blue Team & Defensive Security · topic-matchScenario-based cyber risk assessment and treatment
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) · topic-matchOperational resilience, continuity, crisis, and incident governance
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) · topic-matchVulnerability handling, remediation, disclosure, and learning
Secure Code & Application Security · topic-matchControlled dynamic behavior and differential observation
Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering · tactic-routeModule 4 — Detection engineering and detection as code
Blue Team & Defensive Security · tactic-route