Earth Yako is a threat actor that has been actively targeting researchers in academic organizations and think tanks in Japan. They use spearphishing emails with malicious attachments to gain initial access to their targets' systems. Earth Yako's objectives and patterns suggest a possible connection to a Chinese APT group, but conclusive proof of their nationality is lacking. They have been observed using various malware delivery methods and techniques, such as the use of Winword.exe for DLL Hijacking.
The same group is tracked under different names by different vendors.
| Vendor | Name |
|---|---|
| OSINT | Operation RestyLink |
| OSINT | Enelink |
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Indicators from free threat feeds (abuse.ch ThreatFox, AlienVault OTX) attributed to Earth Yako. Each row shows why it was linked and where it came from.
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Open-source reports about this actor collected from MISP Galaxy.