Tropic Trooper is an unaffiliated threat group that has led targeted campaigns against targets in Taiwan, the Philippines, and Hong Kong. Tropic Trooper focuses on targeting government, healthcare, transportation, and high-tech industries and has been active since 2011.123
- TrendMicro Tropic Trooper Mar 2018
- Unit 42 Tropic Trooper Nov 2016
- TrendMicro Tropic Trooper May 2020
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| also_known_as | Tropic Trooper | — → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| also_known_as | Pirate Panda | — → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| also_known_as | KeyBoy | — → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1543.003 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1070.004 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1566.001 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1105 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1057 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1204.002 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1573 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1071.001 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1564.001 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1221 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1033 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1046 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1016 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1052.001 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1547.001 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1505.003 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1573.002 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1059.003 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1106 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1574.001 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1083 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1027.013 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1036.005 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1132.001 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1078.003 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1680 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1547.004 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1203 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1071.004 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1119 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1055.001 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1020 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1135 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1082 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1518.001 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1140 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1049 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1027.003 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1518 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1091 | 2019 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
Technique use
| ATT&CK | Technique | platforms |
|---|---|---|
| T1016 | System Network Configuration Discovery | — |
| T1020 | Automated Exfiltration | — |
| T1027.003 | Steganography | — |
| T1027.013 | Encrypted/Encoded File | — |
| T1033 | System Owner/User Discovery | — |
| T1036.005 | Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location | — |
| T1046 | Network Service Discovery | — |
| T1049 | System Network Connections Discovery | — |
| T1052.001 | Exfiltration over USB | — |
| T1055.001 | Dynamic-link Library Injection | — |
| T1057 | Process Discovery | — |
| T1059.003 | Windows Command Shell | — |
| T1070.004 | File Deletion | — |
| T1071.001 | Web Protocols | — |
| T1071.004 | DNS | — |
| T1078.003 | Local Accounts | — |
| T1082 | System Information Discovery | — |
| T1083 | File and Directory Discovery | — |
| T1091 | Replication Through Removable Media | — |
| T1105 | Ingress Tool Transfer | — |
| T1106 | Native API | — |
| T1119 | Automated Collection | — |
| T1132.001 | Standard Encoding | — |
| T1135 | Network Share Discovery | — |
| T1140 | Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information | — |
| T1203 | Exploitation for Client Execution | — |
| T1204.002 | Malicious File | — |
| T1221 | Template Injection | — |
| T1505.003 | Web Shell | — |
| T1518 | Software Discovery | — |
| T1518.001 | Security Software Discovery | — |
| T1543.003 | Windows Service | — |
| T1547.001 | Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder | — |
| T1547.004 | Winlogon Helper DLL | — |
| T1564.001 | Hidden Files and Directories | — |
| T1566.001 | Spearphishing Attachment | — |
| T1573 | Encrypted Channel | — |
| T1573.002 | Asymmetric Cryptography | — |
| T1574.001 | DLL | — |
| T1680 | Local Storage Discovery | — |
Aliases
KeyBoy · Pirate Panda · Tropic Trooper
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.