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
90%
Known Aliases
Night Dragon
Tags
mitre-attack stix-2.1 intrusion-set
First Seen

Unknown

Last Updated

Unknown

Active Status
Active
Created

April 29, 2026

Indicators of Compromise

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{'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'}
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