G0131 · 15 ATT&CK techniques · 0 correlated reports

Tonto Team

Aliases: Earth Akhlut, BRONZE HUNTLEY, CactusPete, Karma Panda

Tonto Team is a suspected Chinese state-sponsored cyber espionage threat group that has primarily targeted South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and the United States since at least 2009; by 2020 they expanded operations to include other Asian as well as Eastern European countries. Tonto Team has targeted government, military, energy, mining, financial, education, healthcare, and technology organizations, including through the Heartbeat Campaign (2009-2012) and Operation Bitter Biscuit (2017).

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ATT&CK techniques

T1135
Network Share Discovery T1574.001
DLL Search Order Hijacking T1090.002
External Proxy T1059.006
Python T1069.001
Local Groups T1056.001
Keylogging T1003
OS Credential Dumping T1505.003
Web Shell T1203
Exploitation for Client Execution T1204.002
Malicious File T1566.001
Spearphishing Attachment T1210
Exploitation of Remote Services T1059.001
PowerShell T1068
Exploitation for Privilege Escalation T1105
Ingress Tool Transfer

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