The Rancor group’s attacks use two primary malware families which are naming DDKONG and PLAINTEE. DDKONG is used throughout the campaign and PLAINTEE appears to be new addition to these attackers’ toolkit. Countries Unit 42 has identified as targeted by Rancor with these malware families include, but are not limited to Singapore and Cambodia.
OriginChina
SponsorChina
MotivationEspionage
Target Sectors
GovernmentCivil society
Known TTPs
Web Protocols
Visual Basic
Malicious File
Scheduled Task
Ingress Tool Transfer
Msiexec
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