Confucius
IntrusionSet · ATTACK:enterprise:G0142
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:G0142",
"title": "Confucius",
"type": "IntrusionSet",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0142",
"snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "intrusion-set--6eded342-33e5-4451-b6b2-e1c62863129f",
"external_id": "G0142",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2021-12-26T23:11:39.442Z",
"modified": "2026-07-31T20:48:37.252Z",
"version": "1.1",
"aliases": [
"Confucius",
"Confucius APT"
],
"tactics": [
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "TrendMicro Confucius APT Feb 2018",
"url": "https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/18/b/deciphering-confucius-cyberespionage-operations.html"
},
{
"source_name": "TrendMicro Confucius APT Aug 2021",
"url": "https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/21/h/confucius-uses-pegasus-spyware-related-lures-to-target-pakistani.html"
},
{
"source_name": "Uptycs Confucius APT Jan 2021",
"url": "https://www.uptycs.com/blog/confucius-apt-deploys-warzone-rat"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (20)
First 80 shown here; the complete set is in this record’s JSON and plaintext. Each relationship retains its source and locator. No inferred relationships are added.
ATTACK:enterprise:G0142 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1566.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--0930d98a-d8ae-4300-a50b-8a80b06e88e9
TrendMicro Confucius APT Aug 2021ATTACK:enterprise:G0142 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1204.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2f14f601-d732-4770-ab76-a7c99627398e
TrendMicro Confucius APT Aug 2021ATTACK:enterprise:G0142 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1567.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2fcc26f7-9da6-4155-af96-b826e2dfe085
TrendMicro Confucius APT Feb 2018ATTACK:enterprise:G0142 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1221
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--38467bd5-4afc-4c64-b8c0-8c7140ac9e58
Uptycs Confucius APT Jan 2021ATTACK:enterprise:G0142 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1059.005
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--565d59a0-e2a6-45d2-b655-cff8d02f7ebf
TrendMicro Confucius APT Feb 2018ATTACK:enterprise:G0142 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1566.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--6c4c4e5d-0641-4441-a5aa-d27f3362811f
Uptycs Confucius APT Jan 2021ATTACK:enterprise:G0142 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1203
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--718b8ec5-a10a-46e1-96e2-14ceb3835b1e
TrendMicro Confucius APT Feb 2018 · Uptycs Confucius APT Jan 2021ATTACK:enterprise:G0142 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1680
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--8135fc16-4dda-4afb-bc35-d24c370b0c53
TrendMicro Confucius APT Aug 2021ATTACK:enterprise:G0142 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1105
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--95d15400-aa0c-4382-be3f-49f931b81f27
TrendMicro Confucius APT Aug 2021 · Uptycs Confucius APT Jan 2021ATTACK:enterprise:G0142 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1119
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--985bb7ab-6853-4906-98a0-1945e4504ee8
TrendMicro Confucius APT Aug 2021ATTACK:enterprise:G0142 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:S0670
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--994462e4-b75a-45b5-9b63-43e449bb1b10
Check Point Warzone Feb 2020 · Uptycs Confucius APT Jan 2021ATTACK:enterprise:G0142 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1583.006
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--9c070a22-d1cc-4565-918f-e0b85fe4bab3
TrendMicro Confucius APT Feb 2018ATTACK:enterprise:G0142 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1071.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--a68cb676-409e-483d-8af1-500d57ad1f81
Uptycs Confucius APT Jan 2021ATTACK:enterprise:G0142 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1041
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b148a44c-b4f9-4e19-b6b0-730b83445451
TrendMicro Confucius APT Aug 2021ATTACK:enterprise:G0142 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1218.005
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--bcb09da2-4ef9-4739-b36d-96c9c62ec4e2
TrendMicro Confucius APT Feb 2018ATTACK:enterprise:G0142 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1083
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--d618ef5e-5d76-4014-8c86-9357c4c7f749
TrendMicro Confucius APT Aug 2021ATTACK:enterprise:G0142 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--decc0aea-70d2-42b8-8529-3049b9f5937f
Uptycs Confucius APT Jan 2021ATTACK:enterprise:G0142 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1053.005
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--eca69ead-d0af-4926-9faf-c82baea31296
TrendMicro Confucius APT Aug 2021ATTACK:enterprise:G0142 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1204.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f40b2e98-47a9-4cd6-a345-7e4618d896e7
Uptycs Confucius APT Jan 2021ATTACK:enterprise:G0142 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1059.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f739246f-dd47-44bf-ae15-74fd7a053c7a
TrendMicro Confucius APT Aug 2021