Threat Actor Profile
High APT
Description

Rancor is a threat group that has led targeted campaigns against the South East Asia region. Rancor uses politically-motivated lures to entice victims to open malicious documents. (Citation: Rancor Unit42 June 2018)

Confidence Score
90%
Known Aliases
Rancor
Tags
mitre-attack stix-2.1 intrusion-set
First Seen

Unknown

Last Updated

Unknown

Active Status
Active
Created

April 29, 2026

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques (9)
T1071.001 - Web Protocols
Command and Control
T1105 - Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control
T1218.007 - Msiexec
Defense Evasion
T1053.005 - Scheduled Task
Execution
T1059.003 - Windows Command Shell
Execution
T1059.005 - Visual Basic
Execution
T1204.002 - Malicious File
Execution
T1566.001 - Spearphishing Attachment
Initial Access
T1546.003 - Windows Management Instrumentation Even…
Privilege Escalation
Indicators of Compromise

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IOC KQL for Sentinel
STIX Data
{'aliases': ['Rancor'],
 'created': '2018-10-17T00:14:20.652Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': '[Rancor](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0075) is a threat '
                'group that has led targeted campaigns against the South East '
                'Asia region. [Rancor](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0075) '
                'uses politically-motivated lures to entice victims to open '
                'malicious documents. (Citation: Rancor Unit42 June 2018)',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'G0075',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0075'},
                         {'description': '(Citation: Rancor Unit42 June 2018)',
                          'source_name': 'Rancor'},
                         {'description': 'Ash, B., et al. (2018, June 26). '
                                         'RANCOR: Targeted Attacks in South '
                                         'East Asia Using PLAINTEE and DDKONG '
                                         'Malware Families. Retrieved July 2, '
                                         '2018.',
                          'source_name': 'Rancor Unit42 June 2018',
                          'url': 'https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2018/06/unit42-rancor-targeted-attacks-south-east-asia-using-plaintee-ddkong-malware-families/'}],
 'id': 'intrusion-set--f40eb8ce-2a74-4e56-89a1-227021410142',
 'modified': '2024-02-09T19:30:38.407Z',
 'name': 'Rancor',
 'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
 'revoked': False,
 'spec_version': '2.1',
 'type': 'intrusion-set',
 'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
 'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_version': '1.3'}
Quick Actions
Related TTPs (9)
Web Protocols
Command and Control

Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control

Msiexec
Defense Evasion

Scheduled Task
Execution

Windows Command Shell
Execution