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Nation-state APTIdeologyAdvanced sophistication

Autumn Dragon

Autumn Dragon is a China-attributed nation-state APT group with an ideological motive, tracked by Brandefense. It targets 6 sectors, including Government, and Transportation and Logistics. It uses 16 MITRE ATT&CK techniques.

Origin
China
Techniques
16
Exploited CVEs
No CVE data
First seen
Nov 20, 2025
Last seen
Nov 20, 2025
Record updated

Who They Target.

Labelsapt groupstate sponsored

About Autumn Dragon.

Autumn Dragon is a cyber espionage group operated by China that has been active for more than ten years. Throughout that time, Autumn Dragon gathered intelligence through many different types of operations conducted across Asia, Europe and the United States. The group is well-known for being stealthy and able to operate in an adaptive way. Their advanced malware tools continue to be used in their operations. Autumn Dragon has become a key player in China’s geopolitical collection of intelligence.

Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Compiled by Brandefense technologies from structured threat intelligence and reviewed by Brandefense analysts. Techniques follow the MITRE ATT&CK framework.