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	"title": "Anchor Panda | Threat Actor Profile | CrowdStrike",
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	"plain_text": "Anchor Panda | Threat Actor Profile | CrowdStrike\r\nBy AdamM\r\nArchived: 2026-04-05 20:48:44 UTC\r\nAnchor Panda is an adversary that CrowdStrike has tracked extensively over the last year targeting both civilian\r\nand military maritime operations in the green/brown water regions primarily in the area of operations of\r\nthe South Sea Fleet of the PLA Navy. In addition to maritime operations in this region, Anchor Panda also\r\nheavily targeted western companies in the US, Germany, Sweden, the UK, and Australia, and other\r\ncountries involved in maritime satellite systems, aerospace companies, and defense contractors. Not\r\nsurprisingly, embassies and diplomatic missions in the region, foreign intelligence services, and foreign\r\ngovernments with space programs were also targeted. We won't share too many details about this adversary - we\r\ndon't want to make it too easy for them - but we will share some signatures specific to Anchor Panda.These\r\nsignatures will help you find Anchor Panda, just remember to change the Signature ID (sid). alert tcp $VICTIM\r\nany -\u003e $CONTROLLER any (msg: \" ANCHOR PANDA - Adobe Gh0st Beacon\"; flow: established, to_server;\r\ncontent: \"Adobe\"; offset: 0; depth: 5; content: \"|e0 00 00 00 78 9c|\"; distance: 4; within: 15; sid:\r\nxxx; rev: 1; reference: url,http://blog.crowdstrike.com/whois-anchor-panda/index.html; )\r\nalert tcp $CONTROLLER any -\u003e $VICTIM any (msg: \" ANCHOR PANDA - Poison Ivy Keep-Alive - From\r\nController\"; dsize: 48; flow: established, from_server; content: \"|54 90 1d b0 18 1b 7c ce f4 5b 24 2f\r\nec c7 d2 21|\"; depth: 16; sid: xxx; rev: 1; reference: url,http://blog.crowdstrike.com/whois-anchor-panda/index.html; )\r\nalert tcp $VICTIM any -\u003e $CONTROLLER any (msg: \" ANCHOR PANDA - Poison Ivy Keep-Alive - From Victim\";\r\ndsize: 48; flow: established, to_server; content: \"|af c0 bb 65 5d 07 e0 0d bf ab 75 2f 82 79 ae 26|\";\r\ndepth: 16; sid: xxx; rev: 1; reference: url,http://blog.crowdstrike.com/whois-anchor-panda/index.html;\r\n)\r\nalert tcp $VICTIM any -\u003e $CONTROLLER any (msg: \" ANCHOR PANDA Torn RAT Beacon Message Header Local\";\r\nflow: established, to_server; dsize: 16; content: \"|00 00 00 11 c8 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00|\";\r\ndepth: 16; flowbits: set,toread_header; flowbits: noalert; sid: xxx; rev: 1; reference:\r\nurl,http://blog.crowdstrike.com/whois-anchor-panda/index.html; )\r\nalert tcp $VICTIM any -\u003e $CONTROLLER any (msg: \" ANCHOR PANDA Torn RAT Beacon Message\"; dsize: 200;\r\nflow: to_server,established; flowbits: isset,toread_header; content: \"|40 7e 7e 7e|\"; offset: 196;\r\ndepth: 4; sid: xxx; rev: 1; reference: url, http://blog.crowdstrike.com/whois-anchor-panda/index.html;\r\n)\r\nOther Known China-based Adversaries\r\nDeep Panda\r\nGoblin Panda\r\nhttps://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/whois-anchor-panda/\r\nPage 1 of 2\n\nMustang Panda\r\nSamurai Panda\r\nCurious about other nation-state adversaries? Visit our threat actor hub to learn about the new adversaries that\r\nthe CrowdStrike team discovers.\r\nBe sure to follow @CrowdStrike on Twitter as we continue to provide more intelligence and adversaries over the\r\ncoming weeks. If you have any questions about these signatures or want to hear more about Anchor Panda and\r\ntheir tradecraft, please contact: intelligence@crowdstrike.com and inquire about our intelligence-as-a-service\r\nsolutions.\r\nSource: https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/whois-anchor-panda/\r\nhttps://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/whois-anchor-panda/\r\nPage 2 of 2",
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	"language": "EN",
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		"https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/whois-anchor-panda/"
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