Threat Actor Profile
High APT
Description

Dust Storm is a threat group that has targeted multiple industries in Japan, South Korea, the United States, Europe, and several Southeast Asian countries. (Citation: Cylance Dust Storm)

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

Unknown

Last Updated

Unknown

Active Status
Active
Created

April 29, 2026

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STIX Data
{'aliases': ['Dust Storm'],
 'created': '2017-05-31T21:32:03.306Z',
 'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'description': '[Dust Storm](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0031) is a '
                'threat group that has targeted multiple industries in Japan, '
                'South Korea, the United States, Europe, and several Southeast '
                'Asian countries. (Citation: Cylance Dust Storm)',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'G0031',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0031'},
                         {'description': '(Citation: Cylance Dust Storm)',
                          'source_name': 'Dust Storm'},
                         {'description': 'Gross, J. (2016, February 23). '
                                         'Operation Dust Storm. Retrieved '
                                         'December 22, 2021.',
                          'source_name': 'Cylance Dust Storm',
                          'url': 'https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/content/cylance/prod/cylance-web/en-us/resources/knowledge-center/resource-library/reports/Op_Dust_Storm_Report.pdf'}],
 'id': 'intrusion-set--ae41895a-243f-4a65-b99b-d85022326c31',
 'modified': '2025-04-18T17:59:28.003Z',
 'name': 'Dust Storm',
 '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': True,
 'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
 'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
 'x_mitre_version': '1.0'}
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