Mustang Panda

Mustang Panda is a China-based cyber espionage threat actor that was first observed in 2017 but may have been conducting operations since at least 2014. Mustang Panda has targeted government entities, nonprofits, religious, and other non-governmental organizations in the U.S., Europe, Mongolia, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Vietnam, among others.

This Cyber News was published on attack.mitre.org. Publication date: Thu, 07 Dec 2023 22:12:07 +0000

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Chinese hackers abuse Microsoft APP-v tool to evade antivirus - The Chinese APT hacking group "Mustang Panda" has been spotted abusing the Microsoft Application Virtualization Injector utility as a LOLBIN to inject malicious payloads into legitimate processes to evade detection by antivirus software. ...
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Mustang Panda - Mustang Panda is a China-based cyber espionage threat actor that was first observed in 2017 but may have been conducting operations since at least 2014. Mustang Panda has targeted government entities, nonprofits, religious, and other non-governmental ...
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CVE-2019-12042 - Insecure permissions of the section object Global\PandaDevicesAgentSharedMemory and the event Global\PandaDevicesAgentSharedMemoryChange in Panda products before 18.07.03 allow attackers to queue an event (as an encrypted JSON string) to the system ...
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China-Linked CeranaKeeper Targeting Southeast Asia with Data Exfiltration - The attacks are characterized by the use of malware families such as TONESHELL, TONEINS, and PUBLOAD – all attributed to the Mustang Panda group – while also making use of an arsenal of never-before-seen tools to aid data exfiltration. ...
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China-Backed APT Group Culling Thai Government Data - Analysis showed CeranaKeeper was using components common with the known Chinese-backed APT group Mustang Panda, in addition to fresh tools for undermining legitimate file-sharing services, including Pastebin, Dropbox, OneDrive, and GitHub. An ...
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Mustang Panda Employs Using Weaponized RAR Archives to Install New ToneShell Malware - The threat actor has been observed utilizing weaponized RAR archives containing malicious DLLs alongside legitimate signed executables to deploy updated variants of ToneShell malware through DLL sideloading techniques. Security researchers have ...
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Deep Panda - Deep Panda is a suspected Chinese threat group known to target many industries, including government, defense, financial, and telecommunications. The intrusion into healthcare company Anthem has been attributed to Deep Panda. This group is also ...
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CVE-2024-8424 - Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in WatchGuard EPDR, Panda AD360 and Panda Dome on Windows (PSANHost.exe module) allows arbitrary file delete with SYSTEM permissions. This issue affects EPDR: before 8.00.23.0000; Panda AD360: before ...
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China State-Sponsored Spies Hack Site and Target User Systems in Asia - Users of a Tibetan language translation app and website visitors to a Buddhist festival were compromised by a focused watering-hole malware connected to a Chinese threat group. According to recent data from ESET, the so-called Evasive Panda hacking ...
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CVE-2021-26750 - DLL hijacking in Panda Agent <1.16.11 in Panda Security, S.L.U. Panda Adaptive Defense 360 < 8.0.17 allows attacker to escalate privileges via maliciously crafted DLL file. ...
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CVE-2016-3943 - Panda Endpoint Administration Agent before 7.50.00, as used in Panda Security for Business products for Windows, uses a weak ACL for the Panda Security/WaAgent directory and sub-directories, which allows local users to gain SYSTEM privileges by ...
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CVE-2018-0644 - Buffer overflow in Ubuntu14.04 ORCA (Online Receipt Computer Advantage) 4.8.0 (panda-client2) 1:1.4.9+p41-u4jma1 and earlier, Ubuntu14.04 ORCA (Online Receipt Computer Advantage) 5.0.0 (panda-client2) 1:2.0.0+p48-u4jma1 and earlier, and Ubuntu16.04 ...
6 years ago

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New Windows UI 0-Day Vulnerability Actively Exploited in the Wild - ClearSky Cyber Security has uncovered a user interface (UI) vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that is currently being exploited by a sophisticated threat actor known as Mustang Panda, a group believed to be affiliated with Chinese state interests. ...
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Earth Preta Abuse Microsoft Application Virtualization Injector To Inject Malicious Payloads - Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) group Earth Preta (a.k.a. Mustang Panda) has been observed weaponizing the Microsoft Application Virtualization Injector (MAVInject.exe) to bypass security software and implant backdoors in government systems across ...
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