Investigating APT36 or Earth Karkaddan’s Attack Chain and Malware Arsenal

Trend Micro Research, News and Perspectives

We investigated the most recent activities of APT36, also known as Earth Karkaddan, a politically motivated advanced persistent threat (APT) group, and discuss its use of CapraRAT, an Android RAT with clear similarities in design to the group’s favored Windows malware, Crimson RAT.