SixLittleMonkeys
SixLittleMonkeys is a Chinese-speaking / China-aligned APT cluster that has targeted diplomatic and government entities, particularly in Central Asia, and has also been reported targeting entities in Russia, Belarus, Mongolia, and the Middle East. The group is also referred to as Microcin in the provided content. Kaspersky attributed a diplomatic-targeted campaign to SixLittleMonkeys that used steganography to deliver modules via the legitimate image-hosting service Cloudinary. The actor is best known for deploying Gh0st RAT and the Mikroceen/Microcin Trojan, and Kaspersky reported finding new samples linked to Microcin, described as a Trojan used exclusively by SixLittleMonkeys. Kaspersky also assessed with medium confidence that the B&W malware is related to SixLittleMonkeys. The content further notes overlaps between Webworm and China-nexus clusters tracked as FishMonger, SixLittleMonkeys, and Space Pirates, but does not establish they are the same actor. Known alias in the provided content: Microcin.
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Associated malware families
3 malware families attributed to this actor across reporting.
Recent activity
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China-nexus cluster overlapping with Webworm; known for deploying Gh0st RAT and Mikroceen against entities in Central Asia, Russia, Belarus, and Mongolia.
Referenced only as a China-aligned APT group linked to Webworm.
Referenced as the exclusive user of the Microcin trojan; appears in linkage analysis around ExCone/DexCone-related activity.
Diplomatic-targeting actor in Central Asia; observed using a spooler-process memory-injected Trojan and steganography to retrieve modules/config from legitimate public resources (cloudinary.com), with attribution based on infra reuse and code similarity.
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