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GhostNet

Also reported as Snooping Dragon. Linked to China by one source.

Reports
33
Last reported
Known CVEs
30
Origin
China
ID
ghostnet
Merge evidence
4 alias matches

Reports per quarter

  1. 2009 Q1: 4 reports
  2. 2009 Q2: 1 report
  3. 2009 Q3: no reports
  4. 2009 Q4: 1 report
  5. 2010 Q1: 1 report
  6. 2010 Q2: 1 report
  7. 2010 Q3: no reports
  8. 2010 Q4: no reports
  9. 2011 Q1: no reports
  10. 2011 Q2: 1 report
  11. 2011 Q3: 2 reports
  12. 2011 Q4: no reports
  13. 2012 Q1: no reports
  14. 2012 Q2: no reports
  15. 2012 Q3: 2 reports
  16. 2012 Q4: 1 report
  17. 2013 Q1: no reports
  18. 2013 Q2: no reports
  19. 2013 Q3: 1 report
  20. 2013 Q4: 1 report
  21. 2014 Q1: no reports
  22. 2014 Q2: no reports
  23. 2014 Q3: 4 reports
  24. 2014 Q4: no reports
  25. 2015 Q1: no reports
  26. 2015 Q2: no reports
  27. 2015 Q3: no reports
  28. 2015 Q4: no reports
  29. 2016 Q1: no reports
  30. 2016 Q2: no reports
  31. 2016 Q3: no reports
  32. 2016 Q4: no reports
  33. 2017 Q1: no reports
  34. 2017 Q2: no reports
  35. 2017 Q3: no reports
  36. 2017 Q4: no reports
  37. 2018 Q1: no reports
  38. 2018 Q2: no reports
  39. 2018 Q3: no reports
  40. 2018 Q4: no reports
  41. 2019 Q1: 1 report
  42. 2019 Q2: no reports
  43. 2019 Q3: 2 reports
  44. 2019 Q4: no reports
  45. 2020 Q1: no reports
  46. 2020 Q2: 1 report
  47. 2020 Q3: no reports
  48. 2020 Q4: no reports
  49. 2021 Q1: no reports
  50. 2021 Q2: no reports
  51. 2021 Q3: no reports
  52. 2021 Q4: no reports
  53. 2022 Q1: no reports
  54. 2022 Q2: no reports
  55. 2022 Q3: 1 report
  56. 2022 Q4: 1 report
  57. 2023 Q1: no reports
  58. 2023 Q2: no reports
  59. 2023 Q3: no reports
  60. 2023 Q4: no reports
  61. 2024 Q1: no reports
  62. 2024 Q2: no reports
  63. 2024 Q3: no reports
  64. 2024 Q4: no reports
  65. 2025 Q1: no reports
  66. 2025 Q2: no reports
  67. 2025 Q3: 1 report
  68. 2025 Q4: no reports
  69. 2026 Q1: 1 report
  70. 2026 Q2: 5 reports
Dated reports, 2009 Q1 to 2026 Q2.

Techniques seen in the last two years

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Counts come from technique IDs in the actor's report text.

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. Ghost RAT (Malware Family)

    date ORKL added it fromORKL

  2. Threat Group Cards: A Threat Actor Encyclopedia

    date ORKL added it fromORKL

  3. Advanced Persistent Threats: A Decade In Review

    date ORKL added it Command Five Pty Ltd fromORKL

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  1. 10 Years Since Ghostnet

    date in the title fromORKL

  2. When Governments Hack Opponents: A Look At Actors And Technology

    date in the CCS '25 data Usenix Conference fromORKLCCS '25 data

  3. sec14-paper-blond

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

  4. Targeted_Attacks_Lense_NGO

    file creation date fromORKL

  5. The Sin Digoo Affair

    file creation date Dell Secureworks fromORKL

  6. The Voho Campaign: An In Depth Analysis

    file creation date RSA fromORKL

  7. The Lurid Downloader

    file creation date Trend Micro fromORKL

  8. Heading 1

    file creation date fromORKL

  9. Shadows In The Cloud: Investigating Cyber Espionage 2.0

    Malpedia library date Shadowserver, Information warfare monitor fromORKL

  10. In-depth Analysis of Hydraq

    file creation date CA fromORKL

  11. Microsoft Word - FINAL_USCC_PRC_Cyber_Capabilities_Study.docx

    file creation date deweest fromORKL

  12. DECLAWING THE DRAGON

    file creation date fromORKL

  13. GhostNet

    Malpedia library date fromORKL

  14. GhostNet

    date in the title fromORKL

  15. Tracking GhostNet: Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network

    Malpedia library date Information Warfare Monitor fromORKL

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