APT3 is an espionage group thought to operate from China, with suspected state backing. Public reporting links it to 40 attack techniques, and to attacks on private sector organisations, with 3 countries and victims named. This free profile shows how it works and who it targets, so you can judge the risk to you.
APT3 has 9 other names in security research. Below is what published reporting says about it, with a link to every report so you can check the detail yourself.
Also known as
Security companies each give the same group their own name, so one group can have many.
What public reporting says
Symantec described UPS in 2016 report as: 'Buckeye (also known as APT3, Gothic Panda, UPS Team, and TG-0110) is a cyberespionage group that is believed to have been operating for well over half a decade. Traditionally, the group attacked organizations in the US as well as other targets. However, Buckeyes focus appears to have changed as of June 2015, when the group began compromising political entities in Hong Kong.'
Public reports about APT3 (6)
Each technique is a known way attackers research, get in, stay hidden or do damage. Here are the 40 linked to APT3, laid out from first look to final blow. Some techniques belong to more than one stage. Pick a stage to see them. Public reporting also lists 29 more specific variations of them, called sub-techniques.
Mapping the network, accounts and data once inside.
The sectors and places named in public reporting about this group. If yours is on the list, it is worth knowing how they work and which flaws they use.
Countries and victims named (3)
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APT3 is an espionage group thought to operate from China, with suspected state backing. Public reporting links it to 40 attack techniques, and to attacks on private sector organisations, with 3 countries and victims named.
Public reporting places APT3 as operating from China, with suspected state backing. Attribution is never certain: it rests on the tools, infrastructure and targets researchers have seen.
In public reporting, sectors named include private sector, and 3 countries and victims are named, including United States, United Kingdom and Hong Kong.
Public reporting links APT3 to 40 attack techniques. Most of them are about looking around, staying in and hiding.
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