Deep Panda

Overview

Deep Panda is a suspected Chinese threat group known to target many industries, including government, defense, financial, and telecommunications. The intrusion into healthcare company Anthem has been attributed to Deep Panda. This group is also known as Shell Crew, WebMasters, KungFu Kittens, and PinkPanther. Deep Panda also appears to be known as Black Vine based on the attribution of both group names to the Anthem intrusion. Some analysts track Deep Panda and APT19 as the same group, but it is unclear from open source information if the groups are the same.

Targets

Finance · Military · Non-profit Organisation · Private sector · Technology

Regions

United States

Capabilities

• Custom malware/implant development — ATT&CK: 4 attributed custom malware families

TTPs — 10 techniques across 6 tactics

Tools & malware (7)

Mivast · Ping · Net · StreamEx · Sakula · Tasklist · Derusbi

Reporting (3)

• ICIT Brief - China’s Espionage Dynasty: Economic Death by a Thousand Cuts — Scott, J. and Spaniel, D
• The Black Vine cyberespionage group — DiMaggio, J.
• The Anthem Hack: All Roads Lead to China — ThreatConnect Research Team