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BRONZE BUTLER

Also reported as Tick, REDBALDKNIGHT, Swirl Typhoon, TEMP.Tick, Stalker Taurus and 10 other names. Linked to China by four sources.

Reports
80
Last reported
Known CVEs
59
Techniques in ATT&CK
40
Origin
China
ID
G0060
Merge evidence
28 alias matches

Reports per quarter

  1. 2015 Q3: 1 report
  2. 2015 Q4: no reports
  3. 2016 Q1: no reports
  4. 2016 Q2: no reports
  5. 2016 Q3: no reports
  6. 2016 Q4: no reports
  7. 2017 Q1: no reports
  8. 2017 Q2: 3 reports
  9. 2017 Q3: 1 report
  10. 2017 Q4: 4 reports
  11. 2018 Q1: no reports
  12. 2018 Q2: 1 report
  13. 2018 Q3: 3 reports
  14. 2018 Q4: 2 reports
  15. 2019 Q1: 6 reports
  16. 2019 Q2: 3 reports
  17. 2019 Q3: 5 reports
  18. 2019 Q4: 7 reports
  19. 2020 Q1: 8 reports
  20. 2020 Q2: 4 reports
  21. 2020 Q3: no reports
  22. 2020 Q4: no reports
  23. 2021 Q1: 6 reports
  24. 2021 Q2: 1 report
  25. 2021 Q3: 1 report
  26. 2021 Q4: 3 reports
  27. 2022 Q1: no reports
  28. 2022 Q2: no reports
  29. 2022 Q3: 3 reports
  30. 2022 Q4: 1 report
  31. 2023 Q1: 5 reports
  32. 2023 Q2: 3 reports
  33. 2023 Q3: 1 report
  34. 2023 Q4: 1 report
  35. 2024 Q1: no reports
  36. 2024 Q2: no reports
  37. 2024 Q3: 1 report
  38. 2024 Q4: no reports
  39. 2025 Q1: no reports
  40. 2025 Q2: 1 report
  41. 2025 Q3: no reports
  42. 2025 Q4: no reports
  43. 2026 Q1: no reports
  44. 2026 Q2: 5 reports
Dated reports, 2015 Q3 to 2026 Q2.

Techniques seen in the last two years

Counts come from technique IDs in the actor's report text. “Reports only” means reports name the technique but MITRE ATT&CK® does not list it for this actor.

Also listed by ATT&CK

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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. Threat Group Cards: A Threat Actor Encyclopedia

    date ORKL added it fromORKL

  2. Bronze Butler, Tick, RedBaldNight, Stalker Panda

    date ORKL added it fromORKL

  3. Threat Group Cards: A Threat Actor Encyclopedia

    date ORKL added it fromORKL

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  1. InSideCopy: How this APT continues to evolve its arsenal

    Malpedia library date Talos fromORKL

  2. nao-sec.org-Royal Road ReDive

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

  3. Royal Road! Re-Dive

    date in the title fromORKL

  4. P01_P10_eng

    file creation date fromORKL

  5. mpressioncss_ta_report_2019_4.pdf

    file creation date fromORKL

  6. mpressioncss_ta_report_2019_4

    date in the CCS '25 data Team T5 fromORKLCCS '25 data

  7. 2019_AhnLab_Template

    file creation date AhnLab, Inc. fromORKL

  8. presentation_template

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

  9. Chinese-based hackers attack domestic energy institutions

    date in the title fromORKL

  10. mpressioncss_ta_report_2019.pdf

    Malpedia library date fromORKL

  11. Accenture Strategy Templates

    Malpedia library date fromORKL

  12. Tracking Tick Through Recent Campaigns Targeting East Asia

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

  13. Tick Group Weaponized Secure USB Drives to Target Air-Gapped Critical Systems

    date in the CCS '25 data Palo Alto fromORKLCCS '25 data

  14. BRONZE BUTLER Targets Japanese Enterprises

    date in the title fromORKL

  15. BRONZE BUTLER Hacker Group Targets Japanese Enterprises | Secureworks

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

  16. Bronze Butler

    date in the CCS '25 data Dell Secureworks fromORKLCCS '25 data

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