UnclassifiedIdeologyIntermediate sophistication
Honker Union of China
Honker Union of China is a China-attributed threat actor group with an ideological motive, tracked by Brandefense. It uses 1 MITRE ATT&CK technique.
Also known as
- HUC
- Origin
- China
- Techniques
- 1
- Exploited CVEs
- No CVE data
- First seen
- Aug 3, 2011
- Last seen
- Aug 3, 2011
- Record updated
How They Operate · MITRE ATT&CK.
1 techniques across 1 of 14 tacticsReconnaissance·
Resource Development·
Initial Access·
Execution·
Persistence·
Privilege Escalation·
Defense Evasion1
T1090
Proxy
Proxy
Credential Access·
Discovery·
Lateral Movement·
Collection·
Command and Control·
Exfiltration·
Impact·
Indicators Of Compromise.
TLP:AMBER87 indicators on the Brandefense platform
IP, domain and hash indicators · YARA rules · ATT&CK Navigator export
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A Chinese hacker collective whose prominent member 'lion' authored the widely distributed HUC Packet Transmit Tool (HTran).
Last updated Oct 19, 2026. Compiled by Brandefense technologies from structured threat intelligence and reviewed by Brandefense analysts. Techniques follow the MITRE ATT&CK framework.