{
  "id": "menupass",
  "name": "menuPass",
  "aliases": [
    "Cicada",
    "POTASSIUM",
    "Stone Panda",
    "APT10",
    "Red Apollo",
    "CVNX",
    "HOGFISH",
    "BRONZE RIVERSIDE"
  ],
  "domain": "cyber",
  "country": "CHN",
  "category": "State-sponsored cyber threat group",
  "status": "tracked",
  "fielded": null,
  "operators": [
    "CHN"
  ],
  "summary": "menuPass is a threat group that has been active since at least 2006. Individual members of menuPass are known to have acted in association with the Chinese Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Tianjin State Security Bureau and worked for the Huaying Haitai Science and Technology Development Company. menuPass has targeted healthcare, defense, aerospace, finance, maritime, biotechnology, energy, and government sectors globally, with an emphasis on Japanese organizations.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "sponsor",
      "v": "Members acted with China's MSS Tianjin State Security Bureau",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0045"
      ],
      "conf": "high"
    },
    {
      "k": "active_since",
      "v": 2006,
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0045"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "note": "At least 2006"
    },
    {
      "k": "attack_id",
      "v": "G0045",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0045"
      ],
      "conf": "high"
    },
    {
      "k": "targets",
      "v": "Individual members of menuPass are known to have acted in association with the Chinese Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Tianjin State Security Bureau and worked for the Huaying Haitai Science and Technology Development Company. menuPass has targeted healthcare, defense, aerospace, finance, maritime, biotechnology, energy, and government sectors globally, with an emphasis on Japanese organizations.",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0045"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "techniques_count",
      "v": 46,
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0045"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "ATT&CK v20.1"
    },
    {
      "k": "software",
      "v": "AdFind, certutil, ChChes, cmd, Cobalt Strike, Ecipekac, esentutl, EvilGrab, FYAnti, HUI Loader, Impacket, Mimikatz, Net, P8RAT, Ping, PlugX, PoisonIvy, PowerSploit, PsExec, pwdump and 5 more",
      "src": [
        "mitre-g0045"
      ],
      "conf": "high",
      "note": "25 malware and tool entries linked in ATT&CK"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "cyber",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "notes": "menuPass is a threat group that has been active since at least 2006. Individual members of menuPass are known to have acted in association with the Chinese Ministry of State Security's (MSS) Tianjin State Security Bureau and worked for the Huaying Haitai Science and Technology Development Company. menuPass has targeted healthcare, defense, aerospace, finance, maritime, biotechnology, energy, and government sectors globally, with an emphasis on Japanese organizations. In 2016 and 2017, the group is known to have targeted managed IT service providers (MSPs), manufacturing and mining companies, and a university. Description adapted from MITRE ATT&CK®, © The MITRE Corporation, used under the ATT&CK Terms of Use.",
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-11-08",
      "change": "Entry created from MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v20.1 (group G0045)"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/menupass.html",
  "sources": {
    "mitre-g0045": {
      "title": "menuPass, Group G0045",
      "publisher": "MITRE ATT&CK",
      "url": "https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0045/",
      "published": "2026-07-31",
      "tier": 2,
      "checked": "2026-11-08"
    }
  }
}