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Equation

Also reported as Equation Group, Tilded Team, EQGRP, Platinum Colony and APT-C-40. Linked to United States by three sources.

Reports
111
Last reported
Known CVEs
84
Techniques in ATT&CK
4
Origin
United States
ID
G0020
Merge evidence
8 alias matches

Reports per quarter

  1. 2010 Q3: 1 report
  2. 2010 Q4: no reports
  3. 2011 Q1: no reports
  4. 2011 Q2: no reports
  5. 2011 Q3: no reports
  6. 2011 Q4: no reports
  7. 2012 Q1: no reports
  8. 2012 Q2: 2 reports
  9. 2012 Q3: no reports
  10. 2012 Q4: no reports
  11. 2013 Q1: 1 report
  12. 2013 Q2: no reports
  13. 2013 Q3: no reports
  14. 2013 Q4: no reports
  15. 2014 Q1: no reports
  16. 2014 Q2: 2 reports
  17. 2014 Q3: 1 report
  18. 2014 Q4: no reports
  19. 2015 Q1: 13 reports
  20. 2015 Q2: 2 reports
  21. 2015 Q3: no reports
  22. 2015 Q4: no reports
  23. 2016 Q1: 3 reports
  24. 2016 Q2: no reports
  25. 2016 Q3: 9 reports
  26. 2016 Q4: 5 reports
  27. 2017 Q1: 2 reports
  28. 2017 Q2: 5 reports
  29. 2017 Q3: 4 reports
  30. 2017 Q4: no reports
  31. 2018 Q1: 3 reports
  32. 2018 Q2: no reports
  33. 2018 Q3: no reports
  34. 2018 Q4: no reports
  35. 2019 Q1: 1 report
  36. 2019 Q2: 5 reports
  37. 2019 Q3: 1 report
  38. 2019 Q4: 3 reports
  39. 2020 Q1: 1 report
  40. 2020 Q2: 9 reports
  41. 2020 Q3: 3 reports
  42. 2020 Q4: 1 report
  43. 2021 Q1: 4 reports
  44. 2021 Q2: 5 reports
  45. 2021 Q3: no reports
  46. 2021 Q4: 3 reports
  47. 2022 Q1: 8 reports
  48. 2022 Q2: 3 reports
  49. 2022 Q3: 2 reports
  50. 2022 Q4: no reports
  51. 2023 Q1: no reports
  52. 2023 Q2: 1 report
  53. 2023 Q3: no reports
  54. 2023 Q4: no reports
  55. 2024 Q1: no reports
  56. 2024 Q2: no reports
  57. 2024 Q3: no reports
  58. 2024 Q4: no reports
  59. 2025 Q1: 1 report
  60. 2025 Q2: no reports
  61. 2025 Q3: no reports
  62. 2025 Q4: no reports
  63. 2026 Q1: no reports
  64. 2026 Q2: 7 reports
Dated reports, 2010 Q3 to 2026 Q2.

Techniques in ATT&CK

Listed by ATT&CK

No report from the last two years names a technique ID.

CVEs named in reports

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KEV marks a CVE in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, and “ransomware” marks one that the catalog records as used in ransomware campaigns.

Reports

  1. Flame (malware)

    date ORKL added it fromORKL

  2. DoublePulsar

    date ORKL added it fromORKL

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  1. A Fanny Equation - I am your father Stuxnet.pdf

    file creation date fromORKL

  2. The Bvp47 - a Top-tier Backdoor of US NSA Equation Group

    date in the title fromORKL

  3. The_Bvp47_a_top-tier_backdoor_of_us_nsa_equation_group.en

    date in the CCS '25 data RSA fromCCS '25 data

  4. eset_jumping_the_air_gap_wp

    Malpedia library date ESET fromORKLCCS '25 data

  5. Glupteba back on track spreading via EternalBlue exploits

    date in the title fromORKL

  6. Voltron STA The curious case of 0xFancyFilter

    date in the title fromORKL

  7. China cyber attacks- the current threat landscape

    date in the title fromORKL

  8. An overview of targeted attacks and APTs on Linux

    date in the title fromORKL

  9. Nazar- Spirits of the Past

    date in the title fromORKL

  10. Nazar_ Spirits of the Past - Check Point Research

    date in the CCS '25 data Check Point fromORKLCCS '25 data

  11. Quick look at Nazar backdoor - Capabilities

    date in the title fromORKL

  12. Nazar- A Lost Amulet

    date in the title fromORKL

  13. Drilling Deep: A Look at Cyberattacks on the Oil and Gas Industry

    date in the CCS '25 data Trend Micro fromORKLCCS '25 data

  14. Wikipedia Entry on Equation Group

    date in the title fromORKL

  15. Equation Group

    Malpedia library date fromORKL

  16. UPSynergy_ Chinese-American Spy vs. Spy Story

    date in the CCS '25 data Check Point fromORKLCCS '25 data

  17. Threat Group Cards: A Threat Actor Encyclopedia

    file creation date ThaiCERT fromORKL

  18. Threat Group Cards: A Threat Actor Encyclopedia

    file creation date Martijn van der Heide fromORKL

  19. Buckeye_ Espionage Outfit Used Equation Group Tools Prior to Shadow Brokers Leak

    date in the CCS '25 data Symantec fromORKLCCS '25 data

  20. APT Trends report Q2 2017

    file creation date fromORKL

  21. EquationDrug rootkit analysis (mstcp32.sys)

    date in the title fromORKL

  22. Remsec driver analysis

    date in the title fromORKL

  23. SECONDDATE in action

    date in the title fromORKL

  24. A few notes on SECONDDATE's C&C protocol

    date in the title fromORKL

  25. Bartholomew-GuerreroSaade-VB2016.indd

    Malpedia library date Kaspersky fromORKL

  26. TADAQUEOUS moments

    date in the title fromORKL

  27. FEINTCLOUD

    date in the title fromORKL

  28. BLATSTING FUNKSPIEL

    date in the title fromORKL

  29. The Shadow Brokers

    date in the title fromORKL

  30. The Shadow Brokers

    Malpedia library date fromORKL

  31. ENISA - Threat Landscape - 2015.pdf

    file creation date fromORKL

  32. 2015年中国高持续性威胁(APT)研究报告

    file creation date fromORKL

  33. Kaspersky - Duqu2 FAQ.pdf

    file creation date fromORKL

  34. The_Mystery_of_Duqu_2_0_a_sophisticated_cyberespionage_actor_returns

    date in the CCS '25 data Kaspersky fromORKLCCS '25 data

  35. Inside The Equationdrug Espionage Platform

    date in the CCS '25 data Kaspersky fromORKLCCS '25 data

  36. Inside the EquationDrug Espionage Platform

    date in the title fromORKL

  37. Ali Baba, the APT group from the Middle East

    date in the title fromORKL

  38. A_Fanny_Equation

    date in the CCS '25 data Kaspersky fromORKLCCS '25 data

  39. blog_equation-the-death-star

    date in the CCS '25 data Kaspersky fromORKLCCS '25 data

  40. Equation- The Death Star of Malware Galaxy

    date in the title fromORKL

  41. Equation Group: Questions And Answers

    Malpedia library date Kaspersky fromORKL

  42. Stuxnet/Duqu: The Evolution of Drivers - Securelist

    file creation date Kaspersky fromORKL

  43. A quick analysis of the latest Shadow Brokers dump

    date in the title fromORKL

  44. stuxnet_0_5_the_missing_link

    file creation date Symantec fromORKL

  45. The Flame- Questions and Answers

    date in the title fromORKL

  46. Stuxnet

    Malpedia library date fromORKL

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