What public reporting says
Goblin Panda is one of a handful of elite Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) groups. Most Chinese APTs target the United States and NATO, but Goblin Panda focuses primarily on Southeast Asia.
GOBLIN PANDA threat group
GOBLIN PANDA is a threat group thought to operate from China, with suspected state backing. Public reporting links it to attacks on private sector organisations, with 8 countries and victims named. This free profile brings together what is known about it, so you can judge the risk to you.
- Attack techniques
- 0
- Countries and victims named
- 8
- Thought to operate from
- China
- Suspected backing
- China
- Other names
- 2
Built from public reporting, with every source listed below.
Overview
Who is GOBLIN PANDA?
GOBLIN PANDA has 2 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
ConimesCycldek
Security companies each give the same group their own name, so one group can have many.
Public reports about GOBLIN PANDA (5)
- Meet Crowdstrikes Adversary of the Month for August Goblin Pandacrowdstrike.com (opens in a new tab)
- Cycldek Bridging the Air Gapsecurelist.com (opens in a new tab)
- Cta Security Playbook Goblin Pandafortinet.com (opens in a new tab)
- Report2020CrowdStrikeGlobalThreatReportcrowdstrike.com · PDF (opens in a new tab)
- THALES THREAT HANDBOOK 2022 Light Version 1thalesgroup.com · 2022 · PDF (opens in a new tab)
Targets
Who does GOBLIN PANDA go after?
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 (8)
- 01Malaysia
- 02India
- 03Indonesia
- 04Japan
- 05Philippines
- 06Southeast Asia
- 07South Korea
- 08Vietnam
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GOBLIN PANDA is a threat group thought to operate from China, with suspected state backing. Public reporting links it to attacks on private sector organisations, with 8 countries and victims named.
Public reporting places GOBLIN PANDA 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 8 countries and victims are named, including Malaysia, India, Indonesia and Japan.
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