Threat Actor Profile
High
APT
Description
Night Dragon is a campaign name for activity involving a threat group that has conducted activity originating primarily in China. (Citation: McAfee Night Dragon)
Confidence Score
Known Aliases
Night Dragon
Tags
mitre-attack
stix-2.1
intrusion-set
First Seen
Unknown
Last Updated
Unknown
Active Status
ActiveCreated
April 29, 2026
Indicators of Compromise
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IOC KQL for Sentinel
STIX Data
{'aliases': ['Night Dragon'],
'created': '2017-05-31T21:31:51.643Z',
'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
'description': '[Night Dragon](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0014) is a '
'campaign name for activity involving a threat group that has '
'conducted activity originating primarily in China. (Citation: '
'McAfee Night Dragon)',
'external_references': [{'external_id': 'G0014',
'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0014'},
{'description': '(Citation: McAfee Night Dragon)',
'source_name': 'Night Dragon'},
{'description': 'McAfee® Foundstone® Professional '
'Services and McAfee Labs™. (2011, '
'February 10). Global Energy '
'Cyberattacks: “Night Dragon”. '
'Retrieved February 19, 2018.',
'source_name': 'McAfee Night Dragon',
'url': 'https://scadahacker.com/library/Documents/Cyber_Events/McAfee%20-%20Night%20Dragon%20-%20Global%20Energy%20Cyberattacks.pdf'}],
'id': 'intrusion-set--23b6a0f5-fa95-46f9-a6f3-4549c5e45ec8',
'modified': '2025-04-18T17:59:27.259Z',
'name': 'Night Dragon',
'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': '1.4'}