SongXY
SongXY is classified as state-sponsored.
- Type
- State-sponsored
SongXY is a Chinese APT group that employs phishing tactics to initiate cyberespionage campaigns. They utilize the Royal Road RTF builder, exploiting the CVE-2018-0798 vulnerability in Microsoft Equation Editor. In one instance, they sent a document containing a link to an attacker-controlled server, which automatically triggered upon opening, allowing them to gather information about the target's system configuration.
Published reports on this actor:
- https://www.ptsecurity.com/ww-en/analytics/pt-esc-threat-intelligence/covid-19-and-new-year-greetings-the-higaisa-group/
- http://www.ptsecurity.com/upload/corporate/ww-en/analytics/APT-Attacks-eng.pdf
Source: MISP Galaxy, Malpedia.
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