cyber_threat_intelligence/actors/GhostEmperor

GhostEmperor - Cyber Threat Intelligence

These indicators were reported, collected, and generated during the VulDB CTI analysis of the actor known as GhostEmperor. The activity monitoring correlates data from social media, forums, chat rooms, and darknet markets. It helps to determine associated actors, specific activities, expected intentions, emerging research, and ongoing attacks. Our unique predictive model uses big data to forecast activities and their characteristics.

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Countries

These countries are directly (e.g. origin of attacks) or indirectly (e.g. access by proxy) associated with GhostEmperor:

• CN
• US
• GB

IOC - Indicator of Compromise

These indicators of compromise (IOC) indicate associated network resources which are known to be part of research and attack activities of GhostEmperor.

ID	IP address	Hostname	Campaign	Confidence
1	27.102.113.57	yukonpick.net	-	High
2	27.102.113.240	power.playtimeins.net	-	High
3	27.102.114.55	-	-	High
4	...	...	...	...

There are 4 more IOC items available. Please use our online service to access the data.

TTP - Tactics, Techniques, Procedures

Tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) summarize the suspected MITRE ATT&CK techniques used by GhostEmperor. This data is unique as it uses our predictive model for actor profiling.

ID	Technique	Weakness	Description	Confidence
1	T1059.007	CWE-79, CWE-80	Cross Site Scripting	High
2	T1068	CWE-264, CWE-284	Execution with Unnecessary Privileges	High
3	T1110.001	CWE-798	Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts	High
4	...	...	...	...

There are 4 more TTP items available. Please use our online service to access the data.

IOA - Indicator of Attack

These indicators of attack (IOA) list the potential fragments used for technical activities like reconnaissance, exploitation, privilege escalation, and exfiltration by GhostEmperor. This data is unique as it uses our predictive model for actor profiling.

ID	Type	Indicator	Confidence
1	File	/.env	Low
2	File	/admin/index.php	High
3	File	/login.html	Medium
4	File	/new	Low
5	File	/system?action=ServiceAdmin	High
6	File	/tlogin.cgi	Medium
7	File	/userRpm/popupSiteSurveyRpm.html	High
8	File	/var/log/nginx	High
9	File	add_vhost.php	High
10	...	...	...

There are 79 more IOA items available (file, library, argument, input value, pattern, network port). Please use our online service to access the data.

References

The following list contains external sources which discuss the actor and the associated activities:

• https://securelist.com/ghostemperor-from-proxylogon-to-kernel-mode/104407/

Literature

The following articles explain our unique predictive cyber threat intelligence:

• VulDB Cyber Threat Intelligence Documentation
• Cyber Threat Intelligence - Early Anticipation of Attacks

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