LongNosedGoblin

LongNosedGoblin is a China-aligned APT group targeting governmental entities in Southeast Asia and Japan for cyberespionage. The group employs Group Policy for malware deployment and utilizes cloud services like Microsoft OneDrive and Google Drive as C&C servers. Their operations feature a modular malware ecosystem, including backdoors, browser data stealers, and PowerShell-based downloaders that execute multi-stage payloads in memory. LongNosedGoblin's tactics emphasize reconnaissance-driven targeting and the abuse of trusted enterprise mechanisms, allowing for stealthy persistence within compromised networks.

The group's reported origin is China.

Published reports on this actor:

• https://botcrawl.com/chinese-apt-longnosedgoblin-targets-government-networks-in-southeast-asia-and-japan/

Source: MISP Galaxy, Malpedia.