Pulling the PKPLUG: the Adversary Playbook for the long-standing espionage activity of a Chinese nation-state adversary
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UUID e792bd40-6134-42b2-9394-d1997989837e
Fingerprint 2836448fcff13896b44a3074a784f911e67727e53dc070ed6d73b0d9a4acb2b6
Analysis status DONE
Considered CTI value 2
Text language
Published Dec. 4, 2019, 10:39 a.m.
Added to db April 18, 2024, 10:44 a.m.
Last updated Aug. 31, 2024, 1:15 a.m.
Headline Pulling the PKPLUG: the Adversary Playbook for the long-standing espionage activity of a Chinese nation-state adversary
Title Pulling the PKPLUG: the Adversary Playbook for the long-standing espionage activity of a Chinese nation-state adversary
Detected Hints/Tags/Attributes 210/4/154
Attributes
Details Type #Events CTI Value
Details Domain 247
www.virusbulletin.com
Details Domain 32
paloaltonetworks.com
Details Domain 5
uyghurapps.net
Details Domain 188
com.android
Details Domain 3
com.ziipin.software
Details Domain 3
cn.android
Details Domain 6
mefound.com
Details Domain 4
libloc4d.so
Details Domain 3
libkernel.so
Details Domain 26
com.skype
Details Domain 16
com.twitter.android
Details Domain 10
jp.naver.line.android
Details Domain 3
lala513.gicp.net
Details Domain 5
cdncool.com
Details Domain 5
www3.mefound.com
Details Domain 4
www5.zyns.com
Details Domain 4
w3.changeip.org
Details Domain 5
tcpdo.net
Details Domain 4
adminsysteminfo.com
Details Domain 5
md5c.net
Details Domain 4
linkdatax.com
Details Domain 4
csip6.biz
Details Domain 4
adminloader.com
Details Domain 4
logitechwkgame.com
Details Domain 4
admin.nslookupdns.com
Details Domain 4
jackhex.md5c.net
Details Domain 3
querlyurl.com
Details Domain 4
gooledriveservice.com
Details Domain 4
appupdatemoremagic.com
Details Domain 3
sony36.com
Details Domain 3
md.son36.com
Details Domain 5
outhmail.com
Details Domain 3
newfacebk.com
Details Domain 372
wscript.shell
Details Domain 4
up.outhmail.com
Details Domain 3
wd.w3.ezua.com
Details Domain 6
21cn.com
Details Domain 4
smtp.21cn.com
Details Domain 2
lxy.cn
Details Domain 85
163.com
Details Domain 4
asean.org
Details Domain 2
www.sporcle.com
Details Domain 83
www.theguardian.com
Details Domain 3
thegeopolitics.com
Details Domain 18
www.cfr.org
Details Domain 22
www.businessinsider.com
Details Domain 40
edition.cnn.com
Details Domain 3
www.military.com
Details Domain 20
www.idc.com
Details Domain 224
unit42.paloaltonetworks.com
Details Domain 360
attack.mitre.org
Details Domain 17
www.lockheedmartin.com
Details Domain 6
oasis-open.github.io
Details Domain 21
foreignpolicy.com
Details Domain 14
com.cn
Details Domain 9
www.rfa.org
Details Domain 403
securelist.com
Details Domain 622
en.wikipedia.org
Details Domain 105
web.archive.org
Details Domain 23
www.arbornetworks.com
Details Domain 7
pan-unit42.github.io
Details Email 1
ahinchliffe@paloaltonetworks.com
Details File 172
androidmanifest.xml
Details File 14
a.zip
Details File 4
setting.txt
Details File 8
b.dat
Details File 5
lib.dat
Details File 3
rv.db
Details File 4
jackhex.md5
Details File 11
slmgr.vbs
Details File 3
bscmake.exe
Details File 6
mspdb80.dll
Details File 8
sys.dll
Details File 4
stub.bin
Details File 13
sys.dat
Details File 25
main.exe
Details File 8
aa.txt
Details File 21
www.mil
Details File 3
china-demands-us-cancel-arms-sale-taiwan.html
Details File 13
cyber-kill-chain.html
Details File 2
content_30041010.htm
Details File 2
hackers-09062012153043.html
Details md5 3
0914D1D428914B09A5372866B39524B9
Details sha1 1
271e29fe8e23901184377ab5d0d12b40d485f8c4
Details IPv4 3
47.90.81.23
Details IPv4 3
222.139.212.16
Details IPv4 4
59.188.196.172
Details IPv4 4
222.239.91.30
Details IPv4 3
45.32.251.7
Details IPv4 3
45.32.53.250
Details IPv4 3
45.32.44.52
Details IPv4 3
45.32.45.77
Details IPv4 3
59.188.196.162
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 3
T1249
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 2
T1264
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 2
T1265
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 2
T1295
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 2
T1307
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 3
T1312
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 3
T1345
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 2
T1474
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 13
T1476
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 627
T1027
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 19
T1406
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 420
T1204
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 16
T1402
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 23
T1418
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 26
T1065
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 444
T1071
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 14
T1412
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 3
T1413
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 3
T1416
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 5
T1421
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 13
T1422
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 25
T1426
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 22
T1429
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 21
T1430
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 11
T1432
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 9
T1433
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 3
T1319
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 4
T1328
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 279
T1060
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 504
T1140
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 29
T1045
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 23
T1073
Details MITRE ATT&CK Techniques 60
T1043
Details Pdb 3
e:\workspace\a1\coding\farseer\remoteshellsremote\release\remoteshellsremote.pdb
Details Url 3
http://www3.mefound.com/aa.txt
Details Url 2
https://asean.org/asean/asean-member-states/.
Details Url 1
https://www.sporcle.com/blog/2019/04
Details Url 1
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/ng-
Details Url 1
https://thegeopolitics.com/china-and-xinjiang-the-fate-
Details Url 1
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/chinas-
Details Url 1
https://www.businessinsider.com/map-explains-china-crackdown-on-uighur-
Details Url 1
https://edition.cnn.com/interactive/2018/08/asia
Details Url 1
https://www.military.com/daily-
Details Url 4
https://www.idc.com/getdoc.
Details Url 2
https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/.
Details Url 12
https://attack.mitre.org/.
Details Url 1
https://www.lockheedmartin.com/en-us/capabilities/cyber
Details Url 1
https://oasis-open.github.io/cti-
Details Url 2
https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/unit42-
Details Url 2
https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/unit42-henbox-inside-coop/.
Details Url 1
https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/04/21/welcome-to-the-uighur-
Details Url 1
http://www.chinadaily
Details Url 1
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur
Details Url 1
https://securelist.com/cyber-
Details Url 2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/turkistan_islamic_party.
Details Url 4
https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com
Details Url 7
https://web.archive.org
Details Url 1
https://www.arbornetworks.com/blog/asert/recent-poison-iv/.
Details Url 1
https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/farseer-previously-unknown-malware-family-bolsters-
Details Url 2
https://pan-unit42.github.io/playbook_viewer/.
Details Windows Registry Key 188
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run