TA459 threat group

TA459 is a threat group thought to operate from China. Public reporting links it to 4 attack techniques. This free profile shows how it works, stage by stage, so you can judge the risk to you. It lists the other names the group goes by and links to every public report behind it.

Attack techniques
4
Public reports
2
Thought to operate from
China
Other names
1
Built from public reporting, with every source listed below.
Overview

Who is TA459?

TA459 has 1 other name in security research. Below is what published reporting says about it, with a link to every report so you can check the detail yourself.

Also known as

G0062

Security companies each give the same group their own name, so one group can have many.

How it works

How does TA459 attack? Stage by stage.

Each technique is a known way attackers research, get in, stay hidden or do damage. Here are the 4 linked to TA459, laid out from first look to final blow. Some techniques belong to more than one stage. Pick a stage to see them. Public reporting also lists 4 more specific variations of them, called sub-techniques.

Stage 4 of 15

Running code

Running their own programs or commands on a machine they reached.

3 techniques
  • T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter
  • T1203Exploitation for Client Execution
  • T1204User Execution
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TA459 is a threat group thought to operate from China. Public reporting links it to 4 attack techniques.

Public reporting places TA459 as operating from China. Attribution is never certain: it rests on the tools, infrastructure and targets researchers have seen.

Public reporting links TA459 to 4 attack techniques. Most of them are about running code and getting in.

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