Aquatic Panda is a suspected China-based threat group with a dual mission of intelligence collection and industrial espionage. Active since at least May 2020, Aquatic Panda has primarily targeted entities in the telecommunications, technology, and government sectors.1
- CrowdStrike AQUATIC PANDA December 2021
Claims and citations
Every claim comes from a writer; provenance is the writer's assertion, not a review verdict from this directory. Validity reads by citation year.
| predicate | object | Valid | Conf. | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uses_technique | tech_t1027.010 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1087 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1070.004 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1059.004 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1021.002 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1036.004 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1574.006 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1070.003 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1543.003 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1550.002 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1574.001 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1021.001 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1005 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1105 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1007 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1654 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1021.004 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1112 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1036.005 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1588.001 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1518.001 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1059.003 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1685 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1033 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1047 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1588.002 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1595.002 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1003.001 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1021 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1082 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1218.011 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1685.005 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1078.002 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1560.001 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1059.001 | 2022 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
Technique use
| ATT&CK | Technique | platforms |
|---|---|---|
| T1003.001 | LSASS Memory | — |
| T1005 | Data from Local System | — |
| T1007 | System Service Discovery | — |
| T1021 | Remote Services | — |
| T1021.001 | Remote Desktop Protocol | — |
| T1021.002 | SMB/Windows Admin Shares | — |
| T1021.004 | SSH | — |
| T1027.010 | Command Obfuscation | — |
| T1033 | System Owner/User Discovery | — |
| T1036.004 | Masquerade Task or Service | — |
| T1036.005 | Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location | — |
| T1047 | Windows Management Instrumentation | — |
| T1059.001 | PowerShell | — |
| T1059.003 | Windows Command Shell | — |
| T1059.004 | Unix Shell | — |
| T1070.003 | Clear Command History | — |
| T1070.004 | File Deletion | — |
| T1078.002 | Domain Accounts | — |
| T1082 | System Information Discovery | — |
| T1087 | Account Discovery | — |
| T1105 | Ingress Tool Transfer | — |
| T1112 | Modify Registry | — |
| T1218.011 | Rundll32 | — |
| T1518.001 | Security Software Discovery | — |
| T1543.003 | Windows Service | — |
| T1550.002 | Pass the Hash | — |
| T1560.001 | Archive via Utility | — |
| T1574.001 | DLL | — |
| T1574.006 | Dynamic Linker Hijacking | — |
| T1588.001 | Malware | — |
| T1588.002 | Tool | — |
| T1595.002 | Vulnerability Scanning | — |
| T1654 | Log Enumeration | — |
| T1685 | Disable or Modify Tools | — |
| T1685.005 | Clear Windows Event Logs | — |
Aliases
Aquatic Panda
Reading and review
Records are auto-ingested and not human-reviewed. Confidence is the writer's 0–100 value; bands split at ≥80 / 50–79 / <50 into high / medium / low. The four trust axes (synthetic, lifecycle, band, source count) stay separate and never merge into one score.