# APT41 (Double Dragon): A Dual Espionage and Cyber Crime Operation

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This comprehensive report details APT41, a prolific Chinese cyber threat group that carries
out state-sponsored espionage activity in parallel with financially motivated operations.
APT41 is unique among tracked China-based actors in that it leverages non-public malware
typically reserved for espionage campaigns in what appears to be activity for personal gain.
Explicit financially-motivated targeting is unusual among Chinese state-sponsored threat
groups, and evidence suggests APT41 has conducted simultaneous cyber crime and cyber
espionage operations from 2014 onward.

View the report to learn about:

Historical and ongoing activity attributed to APT41


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The evolution of the group s tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs),
Information on the individual actors and their malware toolset
How these identifiers overlap with other known Chinese espionage operators

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