HOMETHREATSLilac Typhoon
APT / THREAT GROUP💰 FINANCIALHIGH

Lilac Typhoon

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

Intelligence Profile

Lilac Typhoon is a threat actor attributed to China. They have been identified as exploiting the Atlassian Confluence RCE vulnerability CVE-2022-26134, which allows for remote code execution. This vulnerability has been used in cryptojacking campaigns and is included in commercial exploit frameworks. Lilac Typhoon has also been involved in deploying various payloads such as Cobalt Strike, web shells, botnets, coin miners, and ransomware.

Threat Analysis

Lilac Typhoon is a high-sophistication threat actor attributed to China, engaged in cyber operations with a primary motivation of financial.

Financially motivated threat actors like Lilac Typhoon prioritize monetary gain through methods such as ransomware deployment, banking trojans, cryptocurrency theft, BEC scams, or credential harvesting for resale on underground markets.

With high sophistication, Lilac Typhoon is capable of targeted intrusions using adapted commodity tools alongside custom implants, maintaining operational security and evading standard detection mechanisms.

Known Campaigns

Lilac Typhoon — Active Operations March 2026

Lilac Typhoon is a financial threat actor attributed to China. Lilac Typhoon is a threat actor attributed to China. They have been identified as exploiting the Atlassian Confluence RCE vulnerability CVE-2022-26134, which allows for remote code execution. This vulnerability has been used in cryptojacking campaigns and is included in commercia...

ACTIVEMEDIUM2026

External References

Quick Facts

TypeAPT / Threat Group
Motivation💰 financial
Sophisticationhigh
Origin🇨🇳 China
Aliases2
SourceMalpedia

Also Known As

Lilac TyphoonDEV-0234

Research Links

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