THREATOPS Actor Dossier
LIVE ← Dashboard

Darkhotel

G00121 reports
aliases · Darkhotel · DUBNIUM · Zigzag Hail
Export dossier:
1
Reports
2
Techniques
2
Tactics
1
Countries
100%
Hunt coverage
3
Aliases

Analyst assessment — key judgments

  • Signature techniques: T1589.002 (Email Addresses), T1027.007 (Dynamic API Resolution).
  • Primary targeting: JP.
  • Currently dormant: 0 report(s) in last 30d vs 0 prior (+0%).
  • Hunt coverage 100% of 2 observed techniques (0 gap(s)).
  • Assessment confidence: medium (60).

Activity & trend

DormantLast 30d: 0 vs 0 prior (+0%)· first reported 2025-11-05 · last 2025-11-05
0
7d
0
30d
0
90d
1
All
0.0
Rpts/wk
Reporting timeline · 12 months

Movement — last 30 days

Dropped (90d+)
T1589.002T1027.007

Overview

Analyst triage
Intelligence summary

Darkhotel is a suspected South Korean threat group that has targeted victims primarily in East Asia since at least 2004. The group's name is based on cyber espionage operations conducted via hotel Internet networks against traveling executives and other select guests. Darkhotel has also conducted spearphishing campaigns and infected victims through peer-to-peer and file sharing networks.(Citation: Kaspersky Darkhotel)(Citation: Securelist Darkhotel Aug 2015)(Citation: Microsoft Digital Defense FY20 Sept 2020)

Top co-occurring indicators
    Aliases & naming
      Targeting · countries
        Targeting · named victims

          ATT&CK technique matrix

          Coverage vs hunt library:
          Hunt-coverage gaps — prioritized

            Top techniques by observation

            Threat catalogue · engineering roadmap0

            Flagged detection-engineering queue

            Uncovered techniques you flagged for hunt / detection build-out, aggregated across every actor you visit. Stored locally in your browser.

              No techniques queued yet — flag a gap above to add it here.

              Infrastructure

              IOC type mix
              Tooling / malware families
                Tracked infrastructure

                Relationships

                Related actors (behavioral cluster)
                  Attributed malware
                  Campaigns
                  No behavioral cluster, attributed malware, or campaigns recorded for this actor yet.

                  Activity

                  30-day mention timeline
                  Recent reporting
                  TitleSourceSeverityCollected