Dragon Breath
Dragon Breath is a financially motivated threat actor also referred to as APT-Q-27 and Golden Eye Dog. Reporting in the provided content describes the group as targeting the online gaming, gambling, and broader gambling sector. Observed tradecraft includes SERP poisoning, social engineering, DDoS attacks, and malware delivery via DLL sideloading and multi-stage loaders. Elastic reported that Dragon Breath used the multi-stage loader RONINGLOADER to deliver Gh0st RAT, and noted a May 2023 example involving a double-sideloading attack. The content also explicitly states that Dragon Breath has been observed using RONINGLOADER to deliver Gh0st RAT.
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Tradecraft
10 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.
Associated malware families
4 malware families attributed to this actor across reporting.
Observables
19 indicators attributed to this actor: domains, IPs, hashes, and other artifacts pulled from reporting. View more in app.
Recent activity
4 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
Referenced as a threat actor known for using DLL sideloading, specifically a double-sideloading attack.
Actor targeting primarily Chinese-speaking users using trojanized installers and a multi-stage loader (RONINGLOADER) to deploy a modified Gh0st RAT.
Dragon Breath (APT-Q-27, Golden Eye Dog) is a financially motivated group targeting the gambling sector using multi-stage loaders, SERP poisoning, social engineering, and DDoS attacks.
Uses trojanized legitimate software installers (Telegram historically; later TrueUpdate) to deliver Gh0st RAT, with evolving side-loading and installer-based infection chains.
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Every observed MITRE ATT&CK technique, grouped by tactic.
Families this actor is known to deploy, with IOCs and behavior.
CVEs this actor has used in known campaigns.
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Domains, IPs, and hashes tied to this actor, refreshed continuously.