Tracking the recent activities of the APT-Q-27


Overview In May 2022, Qi’anxin Threat Intelligence Center published an article titled “Operation Dragon Breath (APT-Q-27): A Dimensionality Reduction Attack on the Gambling Industry”, disclosing the attack activities of GoldenEyeDog (Qi’anxin internal tracking number APT-Q-27) against the gambling industry, and at the end of the article introduced the Miuuti Group —— an attack group targeting the gambling industry with a complex personnel composition and strong mobility.

It may overlap with known groups and has used multiple communication software 0day vulnerabilities from 2015 to the present. The article “Operation Dragon Dance: The Sword of Damocles Hanging over the Gambling Industry” discussed the details of two 0day vulnerabilities used by GoldenEyeDog and a complete attack incident analysis.

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Source: Qi’anxin Threat Intelligence Center


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