# Earth Krahang: threat group profile

> Earth Krahang is a threat group thought to operate from China. Public reporting about it is still limited. This free profile brings together what is known about it, so you can judge the risk to you. It lists the other names the group goes by and links to every public report behind it.

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## At a glance

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Attack techniques | 0 |
| Thought to operate from | China |
| Other names | 0 |
| Public reports | 2 |

## Who is Earth Krahang?

Earth Krahang is a threat group thought to operate from China. Public reporting about it is still limited.

### What public reporting says

> Earth Krahang is an APT group targeting government organizations worldwide. They use spear-phishing emails, weak internet-facing servers, and custom backdoors like Cobalt Strike, RESHELL, and XDealer to conduct cyber espionage. The group creates VPN servers on infected systems, employs brute force attacks on email accounts, and exploits compromised government infrastructure to attack other governments. Earth Krahang has been linked to another China-linked actor, Earth Lusca, and is believed to be part of a specialized task force for cyber espionage against government institutions.

## Public reports about Earth Krahang

- https://www.rewterz.com/rewterz-news/rewterz-threat-alert-china-linked-earth-krahang-apt-breached-70-organizations-in-23-nations-active-iocs
- https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/24/c/earth-krahang.html

## Frequently asked questions

### Who is Earth Krahang?

Earth Krahang is a threat group thought to operate from China. Public reporting about it is still limited.

### Where is Earth Krahang thought to be based?

Public reporting places Earth Krahang as operating from China. Attribution is never certain: it rests on the tools, infrastructure and targets researchers have seen.

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