HOMETHREATSUAT-6382
APT / THREAT GROUP

UAT-6382

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

Intelligence Profile

UAT-6382 is a Chinese-speaking threat actor that exploits CVE-2025-0944 to gain access to enterprise networks, particularly targeting local governing bodies in the U.S. They deploy web shells like AntSword and chinatso/Chopper on IIS web servers and utilize Rust-based loaders to implement Cobalt Strike and VSHell for persistent access. UAT-6382 employs custom tooling, such as TetraLoader, and conducts reconnaissance to identify and exfiltrate files of interest. Their VShell stager connects to a hardcoded C2 server and executes payloads in memory, indicating modifications made by the actor.

Threat Analysis

UAT-6382 is a known-sophistication threat actor attributed to China, engaged in cyber operations with a primary motivation of unknown activity patterns.

Known Campaigns

UAT-6382 — Active Operations March 2026

UAT-6382 is a unknown-motivation threat actor attributed to China. UAT-6382 is a Chinese-speaking threat actor that exploits CVE-2025-0944 to gain access to enterprise networks, particularly targeting local governing bodies in the U.S. They deploy web shells like AntSword and chinatso/Chopper on IIS web servers and utilize Rust-based loaders to ...

ACTIVEMEDIUM2026

External References

Quick Facts

TypeAPT / Threat Group
Origin🇨🇳 China
Aliases1
SourceMalpedia

Also Known As

UAT-6382

Research Links

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