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Chinese Nation-State Activity Down 41.4% in Trellix Data

Chinese nation-state activity fell 41.4% but stayed above Russia and Iran. Transparent Tribe has 9 detection rules, 10 IOCs and a free Splunk SPL rule.

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  1. 0:00The hookChinese nation-state threat fell 41.4%: still dominant.
  2. 0:05The storyChinese threat fell 41.4%.
  3. 0:11Attack pathWeaver Ant exploited internet-facing servers.
  4. 0:28AttributionAttributed to Gamaredon.
  5. 0:32Indicators of compromise2 indicators to hunt: 2 file names.
  6. 0:37MITRE ATT&CK techniques12 ATT&CK techniques, from initial access to command and control.
  7. 0:42Remediation3 steps now: Hunt for web shells on externally facing IIS/PHP servers, especially.
  8. 0:50Detection rules9 detection rules, in SPL, KQL and Sigma.
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0:00Chinese nation-state threat fell 41.4%: still dominant.

0:06Chinese threat fell 41.4%.

0:09Yet it leads Russia and Iran.

0:11Weaver Ant exploited internet-facing servers.

0:14Then deployed web shells for persistence.

0:17Ran malware in memory, bypassing defenses.

0:20Patched AMSI, ETW to hide activity.

0:23Moved through networks with stolen hashes.

0:28Attributed to Gamaredon. Confidence: medium.

0:332 indicators to hunt: 2 file names.

0:3812 ATT&CK techniques, from initial access to command and control.

0:433 steps now: Hunt for web shells on externally facing IIS/PHP servers, especially.

0:519 detection rules, in SPL, KQL and Sigma.

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