Threat Actor Profile
High
APT
Description
Transparent Tribe is a suspected Pakistan-based threat group that has been active since at least 2013, primarily targeting diplomatic, defense, and research organizations in India and Afghanistan.(Citation: Proofpoint Operation Transparent Tribe March 2016)(Citation: Kaspersky Transparent Tribe August 2020)(Citation: Talos Transparent Tribe May 2021)
Confidence Score
Known Aliases
Transparent Tribe
COPPER FIELDSTONE
APT36
Mythic Leopard
ProjectM
Tags
mitre-attack
stix-2.1
intrusion-set
First Seen
Unknown
Last Updated
Unknown
Active Status
ActiveCreated
April 29, 2026
MITRE ATT&CK Techniques (14)
Indicators of Compromise
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STIX Data
{'aliases': ['Transparent Tribe',
'COPPER FIELDSTONE',
'APT36',
'Mythic Leopard',
'ProjectM'],
'created': '2021-09-02T15:14:33.738Z',
'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
'description': '[Transparent Tribe](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0134) is '
'a suspected Pakistan-based threat group that has been active '
'since at least 2013, primarily targeting diplomatic, defense, '
'and research organizations in India and '
'Afghanistan.(Citation: Proofpoint Operation Transparent Tribe '
'March 2016)(Citation: Kaspersky Transparent Tribe August '
'2020)(Citation: Talos Transparent Tribe May 2021)',
'external_references': [{'external_id': 'G0134',
'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0134'},
{'description': '(Citation: Crowdstrike Mythic '
'Leopard Profile)(Citation: Kaspersky '
'Transparent Tribe August '
'2020)(Citation: Talos Transparent '
'Tribe May 2021)',
'source_name': 'Mythic Leopard'},
{'description': '(Citation: Secureworks COPPER '
'FIELDSTONE Profile)',
'source_name': 'COPPER FIELDSTONE'},
{'description': '(Citation: Talos Transparent Tribe '
'May 2021)',
'source_name': 'APT36'},
{'description': '(Citation: Unit 42 ProjectM March '
'2016)(Citation: Kaspersky '
'Transparent Tribe August 2020)',
'source_name': 'ProjectM'},
{'description': 'Crowdstrike. (n.d.). Mythic Leopard. '
'Retrieved October 6, 2021.',
'source_name': 'Crowdstrike Mythic Leopard Profile',
'url': 'https://adversary.crowdstrike.com/en-US/adversary/mythic-leopard/'},
{'description': 'Dedola, G. (2020, August 20). '
'Transparent Tribe: Evolution '
'analysis, part 1. Retrieved '
'September 2, 2021.',
'source_name': 'Kaspersky Transparent Tribe August '
'2020',
'url': 'https://securelist.com/transparent-tribe-part-1/98127/'},
{'description': 'Falcone, R. and Conant S. (2016, '
'March 25). ProjectM: Link Found '
'Between Pakistani Actor and '
'Operation Transparent Tribe. '
'Retrieved September 2, 2021.',
'source_name': 'Unit 42 ProjectM March 2016',
'url': 'https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/unit42-projectm-link-found-between-pakistani-actor-and-operation-transparent-tribe/'},
{'description': 'Huss, D. (2016, March 1). Operation '
'Transparent Tribe. Retrieved June 8, '
'2016.',
'source_name': 'Proofpoint Operation Transparent '
'Tribe March 2016',
'url': 'https://www.proofpoint.com/sites/default/files/proofpoint-operation-transparent-tribe-threat-insight-en.pdf'},
{'description': 'Malhotra, A. et al. (2021, May 13). '
'Transparent Tribe APT expands its '
'Windows malware arsenal. Retrieved '
'September 2, 2021.',
'source_name': 'Talos Transparent Tribe May 2021',
'url': 'https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2021/05/transparent-tribe-infra-and-targeting.html'},
{'description': 'Secureworks. (n.d.). COPPER '
'FIELDSTONE. Retrieved October 6, '
'2021.',
'source_name': 'Secureworks COPPER FIELDSTONE '
'Profile',
'url': 'https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles/copper-fieldstone'}],
'id': 'intrusion-set--e44e0985-bc65-4a8f-b578-211c858128e3',
'modified': '2024-04-10T22:30:51.062Z',
'name': 'Transparent Tribe',
'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_contributors': ['Manikantan Srinivasan, NEC Corporation India',
'Pooja Natarajan, NEC Corporation India',
'Hiroki Nagahama, NEC Corporation'],
'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
'x_mitre_version': '1.2'}