Introduction
Dropping Elephant (also known as “Chinastrats” and “Patchwork“) is a relatively new threat actor that is targeting a variety of high profile diplomatic and economic targets using a custom set of attack tools. Its victims are all involved with China’s foreign relations in some way, and are generally caught through spear-phishing or watering hole attacks.
Activities and Tactics
Targeted Sectors: Finance, Diplomacy, Private sector, Military
Country of Origin: 🇮🇳 India
Risk Level: High
Incident Type: Espionage
Suspected Victims: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
Notable Campaigns
Information pending cataloguing.
Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs)
Information pending cataloguing.
Notable Indicators of Compromise (IOCs)
No curated IOCs are currently published for this actor. This section will be updated when stable, attributable indicators are available.
Malware and Tools
- China Chopper
Attribution and Evidence
Country of Origin: India Additional attribution information pending cataloguing.
References
References pending cataloguing.