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🇨🇳Volt Typhoon

🇨🇳 Volt Typhoon is a tracked threat actor in the Clankerusecase corpus. CN-aligned. Primary motivation: State. We map 14 detection use cases to this actor across 81 MITRE ATT&CK techniques, with 0 threat-intel articles citing them.

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14Use cases

0Articles

81Techniques

0IOCs

About this actor (MITRE)

[Volt Typhoon](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1017) is a People's Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored actor that has been active since at least 2021, primarily targeting critical infrastructure organizations in the US and its territories including Guam. [Volt Typhoon](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1017)'s targeting and pattern of behavior have been assessed as pre-positioning to enable lateral movement to operational technology (OT) assets for potential destructive or disruptive attacks. [Volt Typhoon](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1017) has emphasized stealth in operations using w

Known aliases

Volt TyphoonBRONZE SILHOUETTEVanguard PandaDEV-0391UNC3236VoltziteInsidious TaurusDazedToad

Top techniques

T1003.001 · LSASS Memory T1003.003 · NTDS T1005 · Data from Local System

All other tracked techniques

T1006 · Direct Volume Access T1007 · System Service Discovery T1010 · Application Window Discovery T1012 · Query Registry T1016 · System Network Configuration Discovery T1016.001 · Internet Connection Discovery T1018 · Remote System Discovery T1021.001 · Remote Desktop Protocol T1027.002 · Software Packing T1033 · System Owner/User Discovery T1036.005 · Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location T1036.008 · Masquerade File Type T1046 · Network Service Discovery T1047 · Windows Management Instrumentation T1049 · System Network Connections Discovery T1056.001 · Keylogging T1057 · Process Discovery T1059.001 · PowerShell T1059.003 · Windows Command Shell T1059.004 · Unix Shell T1068 · Exploitation for Privilege Escalation T1069 · Permission Groups Discovery T1069.001 · Local Groups T1069.002 · Domain Groups T1070.004 · File Deletion T1070.007 · Clear Network Connection History and Configurations T1074 · Data Staged T1074.001 · Local Data Staging T1078 · Valid Accounts T1078.002 · Domain Accounts T1083 · File and Directory Discovery T1087.001 · Local Account T1087.002 · Domain Account T1090 · Proxy T1090.001 · Internal Proxy T1090.003 · Multi-hop Proxy T1105 · Ingress Tool Transfer T1112 · Modify Registry T1113 · Screen Capture T1120 · Peripheral Device Discovery T1124 · System Time Discovery T1133 · External Remote Services T1140 · Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information T1190 · Exploit Public-Facing Application T1217 · Browser Information Discovery T1218 · System Binary Proxy Execution T1497.001 · System Checks T1505.003 · Web Shell T1518 · Software Discovery T1552 · Unsecured Credentials T1552.004 · Private Keys T1555 · Credentials from Password Stores T1555.003 · Credentials from Web Browsers T1560.001 · Archive via Utility T1570 · Lateral Tool Transfer T1573.001 · Symmetric Cryptography T1584.003 · Virtual Private Server T1584.004 · Server T1584.005 · Botnet T1584.008 · Network Devices T1587.004 · Exploits T1588.002 · Tool T1588.006 · Vulnerabilities T1589 · Gather Victim Identity Information T1589.002 · Email Addresses T1590 · Gather Victim Network Information T1590.004 · Network Topology T1590.006 · Network Security Appliances T1591 · Gather Victim Org Information T1591.004 · Identify Roles T1592 · Gather Victim Host Information T1593 · Search Open Websites/Domains T1594 · Search Victim-Owned Websites T1596.005 · Scan Databases T1614 · System Location Discovery T1654 · Log Enumeration T1680 · Local Storage Discovery T1685.005 · Clear Windows Event Logs

Detection use cases (14)

Volt Typhoon NTDS.dit extraction via 'ntdsutil ac i ntds ifm create' (CISA AA24-038A signature) AI · profile SΣ Volt Typhoon netsh portproxy v4tov4 redirector to KV-botnet SOHO infrastructure AI · profile SΣ 1Password activity from Tor exit node MITRE match 1Password impossible-travel sign-in MITRE match 1Password item exfiltration attempt MITRE match 1Password vault export attempted MITRE match AI-Agent Server (PraisonAI/MCP) Spawns OS Shell or Recon LOLBin — Unauthenticated RCE Exploitation MITRE match Auth-Bypass on Public-Facing Service → Post-Exploit Action on Same Host (≤10 min) MITRE match Brand-Impersonation Domain Fetch Followed by User-Context Loader Within 10 Minutes MITRE match Cross-category credential-store enumeration with rapid egress to anonymizing tunnel/CDN MITRE match Cross-Platform ClickFix Paste-to-Pipe Loader (UI-Parent Shell with Decode-and-Execute Payload) MITRE match Developer/Data-tooling Daemon Spawns Shell Child Seconds After POST to Runner/Exec Endpoint MITRE match Edge-service post-exploitation chain: internet-facing daemon → child shell or token redemption within 10 min of external request MITRE match Internet-Exposed AI Agent/LLM Service Spawns Shell or LOLBin After Inbound Connection MITRE match