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Threat actorChina, IranTracked since 2026-02

Earth Lamia

Also known as:UNC5454

As of 2026-07-19, Earth Lamia is a China, Iran-nexus threat actor tracked by Threadlinqs Intelligence across 2 threats spanning malware, vulnerability. Also known as UNC5454. ATT&CK coverage spans 70 techniques across 14 tactics in 2 of 2 tracked threats. Most-observed techniques: T1005 (Data from Local System), T1041 (Exfiltration Over C2 Channel), T1082 (System Information Discovery).

Tracked threats
21 critical · 1 high
First seen
2026-02-13
Last seen
2026-02-24
ATT&CK techniques
70across 2 of 2 threats
Related CVEs
5Referenced by its activity
Attribution
China, IranNation or origin
Nation: China, Iran · 2 tracked threat(s) · Categories: MALWARE, VULNERABILITY

Activity timeline

Earth Lamia appears in 2 tracked threats between and .

ATT&CK techniques observed

70 techniques observed across 2 of 2 tracked threats · Command and Control (14), Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion) (12), Persistence (8), Discovery (6), Execution (6), Resource Development (6)
  • T1005 Data from Local System — Collectionobserved in 2 of 2 tracked threats
  • T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel — Exfiltrationobserved in 2 of 2 tracked threats
  • T1082 System Information Discovery — Discoveryobserved in 2 of 2 tracked threats
  • T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application — Initial Accessobserved in 2 of 2 tracked threats
  • T1567 Exfiltration Over Web Service — Exfiltrationobserved in 2 of 2 tracked threats
  • T1572 Protocol Tunneling — Command and Controlobserved in 2 of 2 tracked threats
  • T1008 Fallback Channels — Command and Controlobserved in 1 of 2 tracked threats
  • T1016 System Network Configuration Discovery — Discoveryobserved in 1 of 2 tracked threats
  • T1021 Remote Services — Lateral Movementobserved in 1 of 2 tracked threats
  • T1021.001 Remote Desktop Protocol — Lateral Movementobserved in 1 of 2 tracked threats
  • T1027 Obfuscated Files or Information — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)observed in 1 of 2 tracked threats
  • T1027.013 Encrypted/Encoded File — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)observed in 1 of 2 tracked threats
  • T1036 Masquerading — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)observed in 1 of 2 tracked threats
  • T1036.005 Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location — Stealth (formerly Defense Evasion)observed in 1 of 2 tracked threats
  • T1046 Network Service Discovery — Discoveryobserved in 1 of 2 tracked threats

Tracked threats

Related CVEs

5 CVEs referenced by tracked Earth Lamia activity