BITTER — APT Profile
BITTER is a suspected South Asian cyber espionage threat group that has been active since at least 2013. BITTER has targeted government, energy, and engineering organizations in Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, and Saudi Arabia.Description reproduced from MITRE ATT&CK. © The MITRE Corporation, reproduced and distributed with permission.
Also tracked as
T-APT-17, HAZY TIGER, APT-C-08, Orange Yali, TA397
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Tools & malware
- ZxxZ Backdoor
Vendor research
- BITTER: a targeted attack against Pakistan Forcepoint
- Bitter APT adds Bangladesh to their targets Cisco Talos
Countries linked to this actor
- Egypt targets
- Saudi Arabia targets
- Turkey targets
- Pakistan targets
- China targets
- India origin
- Myanmar targets
- Bangladesh targets
- Nepal targets
- Lebanon targets