Threat Actor

Naikon

Also known as: Naikon

Naikon is assessed to be a state-sponsored cyber espionage group attributed to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Chengdu Military Region Second Technical Reconnaissance Bureau (Military Unit Cover Designator 78020). Active since at least 2010, Naikon has primarily conducted operations against government, military, and civil organizations in Southeast Asia, as well as against international bodies such as the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). While Naikon shares some characteristics with APT30, the two groups do not appear to be exact matches.

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Properties

Last source
MITRE ATT&CK
STIX ID
intrusion-set--2a158b0a-7ef8-43cb-9985-bf34d1e12050
In Signal since
initial import (Sep 2026)
Retrieved at
2026-11-02T12:53:29+00:00
Origin source
attack_description
Type
intrusion-set
Origin country
CN

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques (14)

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Add-ins (T1137.006)

Adversaries may abuse Microsoft Office add-ins to obtain persistence on a compromised system. Office add-ins can be used to add functionality to Offic

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DLL (T1574.001)

Adversaries may abuse dynamic-link library files (DLLs) in order to achieve persistence, escalate privileges, and evade defenses. DLLs are libraries t

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Domain Accounts (T1078.002)

Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of a domain account as a means of gaining Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense E

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Malicious File (T1204.002)

An adversary may rely upon a user opening a malicious file in order to gain execution. Users may be subjected to social engineering to get them to ope

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Masquerade Task or Service (T1036.004)

Adversaries may attempt to manipulate the name of a task or service to make it appear legitimate or benign. Tasks/services executed by the Task Schedu

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Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location (T1036.005)

Adversaries may match or approximate the name or location of legitimate files, Registry keys, or other resources when naming/placing them. This is don

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Network Service Discovery (T1046)

Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of services running on remote hosts and local network infrastructure devices, including those that may be vul

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Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder (T1547.001)

Adversaries may achieve persistence by adding a program to a startup folder or referencing it with a Registry run key. Adding an entry to the "run key

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Remote System Discovery (T1018)

Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of other systems by IP address, hostname, or other logical identifier on a network that may be used for Later

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Scheduled Task (T1053.005)

Adversaries may abuse the Windows Task Scheduler to perform task scheduling for initial or recurring execution of malicious code. There are multiple w

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Security Software Discovery (T1518.001)

Adversaries may attempt to get a listing of security software, configurations, defensive tools, and sensors that are installed on a system or in a clo

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Spearphishing Attachment (T1566.001)

Adversaries may send spearphishing emails with a malicious attachment in an attempt to gain access to victim systems. Spearphishing attachment is a sp

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System Network Configuration Discovery (T1016)

Adversaries may look for details about the network configuration and settings, such as IP and/or MAC addresses, of systems they access or through info

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Windows Management Instrumentation (T1047)

Adversaries may abuse Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) to execute malicious commands and payloads. WMI is designed for programmers and is the

Software & Tools (15)

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Aria-body [malware]

Aria-body is a custom backdoor that has been used by Naikon since

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HDoor [malware]

HDoor is malware that has been customized and used by the Naikon g

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Nebulae [malware]

Nebulae Is a backdoor that has been used by Naikon since at least

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Net [tool]

The Net utility is a component of the Windows operating system. It is used in command-line operations for c

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Ping [tool]

Ping is an operating system utility commonly used to troubleshoot and verify network connections. (Citation

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PsExec [tool]

PsExec is a free Microsoft tool that can be used to execute a program on another computer. It is used by IT

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RARSTONE [malware]

RARSTONE is malware used by the Naikon group that has some charact

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RainyDay [malware]

RainyDay is a backdoor tool that has been used by Naikon since at

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SslMM [malware]

SslMM is a full-featured backdoor used by Naikon that has multiple

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Sys10 [malware]

Sys10 is a backdoor that was used throughout 2013 by Naikon. (Cita

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Systeminfo [tool]

Systeminfo is a Windows utility that can be used to gather detailed information about a computer. (Citation

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Tasklist [tool]

The Tasklist utility displays a list of applications and services with their Process IDs (PID) for all task

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WinMM [malware]

WinMM is a full-featured, simple backdoor used by Naikon. (Citatio

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ftp [tool]

ftp is a utility commonly available with operating systems to transfer information over the File Transfer P

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netsh [tool]

netsh is a scripting utility used to interact with networking components on local or remote systems. (Citat

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