Mustang Panda stored installation payloads as encrypted files in hidden folders during RedDelta Modified PlugX Infection Chain Operations.2
campaign
RedDelta Modified PlugX Infection Chain Operations C0047
- First seen
- July 2023
- Last seen
- December 2024
- Created
- 14 January 2025
- Last modified
- 31 July 2026
RedDelta Modified PlugX Infection Chain Operations was executed by Mustang Panda from mid-2023 through the end of 2024 against multiple entities in East and Southeast Asia. RedDelta Modified PlugX Infection Chain Operations involved phishing to deliver malicious files or links to users prompting follow-on installer downloads to load PlugX on victim machines in a persistent state.[1]
22
Techniques64th pct
9
Tactics54th pct
2
Tools & malware63rd pct
1
Threat groupunranked
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference C0047
Mustang Panda masqueraded Registry run keys as legitimate-looking service names such as OneNote Update during RedDelta Modified PlugX Infection Chain Operations.3
Mustang Panda used LNK files to execute PowerShell commands leading to eventual PlugX installation during RedDelta Modified PlugX Infection Chain Operations.4
Mustang Panda used HTTP POST messages for command and control from PlugX installations during RedDelta Modified PlugX Infection Chain Operations.5
Mustang Panda captured victim operating system type via User Agent analysis during RedDelta Modified PlugX Infection Chain Operations.6
Mustang Panda proxied communication through the Cloudflare CDN service during RedDelta Modified PlugX Infection Chain Operations.7
Standing C0047
Reach is how much of ATT&CK this campaign touches. Coverage is how well defended each thing it does is, as a median per technique rather than a total — a total would just restate the reach. Each figure is ranked against all 56 ATT&CK campaigns only where that population actually spreads. Where most of the population shares one value, a percentile would rank the tie instead of the entity, so the raw value is shown and no rank is claimed.
Reach
Techniques2264th pct
64th percentile · 64% of 56 ATT&CK campaigns have this many Enterprise techniques or fewer.
Tactics954th pct
54th percentile · 54% of 56 ATT&CK campaigns have this many tactics spanned or fewer.
Tools & malware263rd pct
63rd percentile · 63% of 56 ATT&CK campaigns have this many tools and malware or fewer.
Threat group155% tie · 3 values
55% of the population shares a single value across only 3 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Coverage
Rules / technique12med38th pct
38th percentile · 62% of 56 ATT&CK campaigns have more detection rules per technique.
Tests / technique2.5med
Detection coverage C0047
784 distinct rules cover the 22 techniques recorded for this campaign. The 836 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 784 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 569 Sigma · 215 Splunk.
21 covered by at least one rule1 with no coverage784 distinct rules in total
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