HOMETHREATSEarth Lamia
APT / THREAT GROUP🕵️ ESPIONAGEADVANCED

Earth Lamia

🇨🇳China-attributed
1
campaigns
2
aliases
Last seen:Mar 17, 2026

Intelligence Profile

Earth Lamia is a China-nexus APT that targets organizations across multiple sectors, including finance, logistics, and government, primarily in Latin America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. The actor exploits web application vulnerabilities, such as CVE-2025-55182, and employs techniques like SQL injection, DLL sideloading, and the deployment of custom backdoors like PULSEPACK and BypassBoss. Earth Lamia conducts reconnaissance, file operations, and credential theft, often utilizing tools like Cobalt Strike and VShell.

Threat Analysis

Earth Lamia is a advanced-sophistication threat actor attributed to China, engaged in cyber operations with a primary motivation of espionage.

The group's espionage-oriented operations suggest a state-sponsored or state-aligned mandate, typically focused on stealing intellectual property, government secrets, or military intelligence. Targets are usually selected for strategic value rather than financial gain.

Classified as an advanced threat actor, Earth Lamia likely develops or acquires zero-day exploits, employs custom malware toolchains, and demonstrates long-term persistence capabilities — hallmarks of a well-resourced operation consistent with nation-state backing.

Known Campaigns

Earth Lamia — Active Operations March 2026

Earth Lamia is a espionage threat actor attributed to China. Earth Lamia is a China-nexus APT that targets organizations across multiple sectors, including finance, logistics, and government, primarily in Latin America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. The actor exploits web application vulnerabilities, such as CVE-2025-55182, and empl...

ACTIVEHIGH2026

External References

Quick Facts

TypeAPT / Threat Group
Motivation🕵️ espionage
Sophisticationadvanced
Origin🇨🇳 China
Aliases2
SourceMalpedia

Also Known As

Earth LamiaUNC5454

Research Links

Data sourced from Malpedia, Ransomware.live, RansomLook, and CTIWATCH OSINT collection. Actor attribution is based on available intelligence and may be incomplete.