TONESHELL
Software · ATTACK:enterprise:S1239
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{
"id": "ATTACK:enterprise:S1239",
"title": "TONESHELL",
"type": "Software",
"source_url": "https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1239",
"snapshot": "enterprise-attack-20.0.json",
"status": "active",
"rights": "Source metadata only; source notices retained; no operational prose or payloads",
"review_status": "machine-extracted; source-specific checks passed, editorial review pending",
"stix_id": "malware--2683fde8-1dc4-415c-94bd-9bb95cc5b7ff",
"external_id": "S1239",
"domain": "enterprise",
"created": "2025-09-15T13:52:23.890Z",
"modified": "2026-05-12T15:12:00.733Z",
"version": "1.1",
"aliases": [
],
"tactics": [
],
"source_references": [
{
"source_name": "ATTACKIQ MUSTANG PANDA TONESHELL March 2023",
"url": "https://www.attackiq.com/2023/03/23/emulating-the-politically-motivated-chinese-apt-mustang-panda/"
},
{
"source_name": "Palo Alto Unit42 STATELY TAURUS TONESHELL September 2023",
"url": "https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/stately-taurus-attacks-se-asian-government/"
},
{
"source_name": "Zscaler",
"url": "https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/latest-mustang-panda-arsenal-toneshell-and-starproxy-p1"
}
]
}Explicit source assertions (44)
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ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1480.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--0a06687e-7e1c-48f1-a3dc-23333f57f215
2025_IBM_PUBLOAD_TONESHELL_HIUPAN_CLAIMLOADER_MUSTANG PANDA · Trend Micro Mustang Panda Earth Preta Toneshell February 2025 · 2022 November_TrendMicro_Earth Preta_Toneshell_Pubload · ZscalerATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1480
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--0bd24ac6-08f1-441b-bb55-777e20799b17
Trend Micro Mustang Panda Earth Preta Toneshell February 2025ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1036.005
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--0def160c-4c74-477c-91b4-005603097cf2
2022 November_TrendMicro_Earth Preta_Toneshell_Pubload · ZscalerATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1518.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--12c5e6cf-be54-42cc-af42-5fa80ad87fb5
Trend Micro Mustang Panda Earth Preta Toneshell February 2025ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1678
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--15fed5d5-3e2b-43c6-808d-5198af11f1e6
ZscalerATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1113
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--177772b9-329e-4c43-95ed-f9ce99ae250c
Palo Alto Unit42 STATELY TAURUS TONESHELL September 2023ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1497.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2357fff2-0b38-403b-b9a5-31a0d4eaf8a0
2022 November_TrendMicro_Earth Preta_Toneshell_PubloadATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1057
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2c3934ce-291a-41ab-b389-193170f40e36
Trend Micro Mustang Panda Earth Preta Toneshell February 2025 · 2022 November_TrendMicro_Earth Preta_Toneshell_PubloadATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1082
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--2f2a1144-7a4c-4a9e-9446-627ab73e08da
2025_IBM_PUBLOAD_TONESHELL_HIUPAN_CLAIMLOADER_MUSTANG PANDA · Trend Micro Mustang Panda Earth Preta Toneshell February 2025 · ZscalerATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1027.007
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--3b9ef62c-8947-4fc8-ba21-88055d2dcfd1
ZscalerATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1574.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--3c6a57c5-3854-4198-b6f2-ec4e7766b9bb
CSIRT CTI MUSTANG PANDA PUBLOAD TONESHELL JAN 2024 · ATTACKIQ MUSTANG PANDA TONESHELL March 2023 · Palo Alto Unit42 STATELY TAURUS TONESHELL September 2023 · Trend Micro Mustang Panda Earth Preta Toneshell February 2025 · 2022 November_TrendMicro_Earth Preta_Toneshell_Pubload · Zscaler · Trend Micro Mustang Panda Earth Preta TONESHELL June 2023ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1053.005
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--3f3d94c1-f6ae-47b4-b156-8ce8961ec4ad
ATTACKIQ MUSTANG PANDA TONESHELL March 2023 · Palo Alto Unit42 STATELY TAURUS TONESHELL September 2023ATTACK:enterprise:G0129 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:S1239
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--400d9bc6-f30f-473c-b895-41b0ca9dd750
CSIRT CTI MUSTANG PANDA PUBLOAD TONESHELL JAN 2024 · 2025_IBM_PUBLOAD_TONESHELL_HIUPAN_CLAIMLOADER_MUSTANG PANDA · ATTACKIQ MUSTANG PANDA TONESHELL March 2023 · Palo Alto Unit42 STATELY TAURUS TONESHELL September 2023 · Trend Micro Mustang Panda Earth Preta Toneshell February 2025 · 2022 November_TrendMicro_Earth Preta_Toneshell_Pubload · Zscaler · Trend Micro Mustang Panda Earth Preta TONESHELL June 2023 · Unit42 Chinese VSCode 06 September 2024ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1047
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--45bc3eef-6651-4a46-833e-7a2e91fe3ba1
ATTACKIQ MUSTANG PANDA TONESHELL March 2023ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1132.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--483a975b-6d40-439f-9fcf-f65cf6225828
2025_IBM_PUBLOAD_TONESHELL_HIUPAN_CLAIMLOADER_MUSTANG PANDA · 2022 November_TrendMicro_Earth Preta_Toneshell_PubloadATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1680
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--4dfa38d4-a6e6-4fab-bff8-23cab8ffa9cd
ATTACKIQ MUSTANG PANDA TONESHELL March 2023ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1070.004
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--504b0048-f6a6-4cb2-bf72-6f2997c7a931
ZscalerATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1056.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--5208e38a-0f5c-49cc-ad0e-860a94e21ff5
Palo Alto Unit42 STATELY TAURUS TONESHELL September 2023ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1547.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--53dadcc9-9f23-4057-8b75-bc893ee30a17
Palo Alto Unit42 STATELY TAURUS TONESHELL September 2023ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1105
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--5560a545-7bc2-482a-bb85-eaf4e2ed773b
Palo Alto Unit42 STATELY TAURUS TONESHELL September 2023ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1010
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--607a87a7-ecdd-4548-bca8-a8486e061395
2022 November_TrendMicro_Earth Preta_Toneshell_PubloadATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1218.010
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--740f23a4-2eda-4e9a-aced-0ae14ac216b4
Trend Micro Mustang Panda Earth Preta Toneshell February 2025ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1553.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--7a12d83c-edc2-413b-95b3-7516c9b6eca2
CSIRT CTI MUSTANG PANDA PUBLOAD TONESHELL JAN 2024ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1055.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--8475c5c5-484a-47b6-93ba-0cceeefc59f1
ZscalerATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1573.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--862ddb07-08f2-4a83-b5ab-18cbed6582dc
2022 November_TrendMicro_Earth Preta_Toneshell_Pubload · ZscalerATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1140
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--8a3a6312-e5fc-44bd-858c-886d0aa8b7c7
2025_IBM_PUBLOAD_TONESHELL_HIUPAN_CLAIMLOADER_MUSTANG PANDA · Trend Micro Mustang Panda Earth Preta Toneshell February 2025 · 2022 November_TrendMicro_Earth Preta_Toneshell_Pubload · Zscaler · Unit42 Chinese VSCode 06 September 2024ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1543.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--a0970a80-6fcd-49fd-bed2-c62c79fbb42c
Palo Alto Unit42 STATELY TAURUS TONESHELL September 2023ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1095
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--aaea7acb-2ae2-4527-ac83-6a56eb7cc6b3
2022 November_TrendMicro_Earth Preta_Toneshell_PubloadATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1071.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ab410a9e-65c6-4b65-94de-5ae75495207b
CSIRT CTI MUSTANG PANDA PUBLOAD TONESHELL JAN 2024 · 2025_IBM_PUBLOAD_TONESHELL_HIUPAN_CLAIMLOADER_MUSTANG PANDA · 2022 November_TrendMicro_Earth Preta_Toneshell_PubloadATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1027.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--adee6cd0-9331-435d-8b2b-690b65729e40
Zscaler · Unit42 Chinese VSCode 06 September 2024ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1036.004
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b5e58b07-8d96-4453-90b9-c257f152f6d4
Palo Alto Unit42 STATELY TAURUS TONESHELL September 2023ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1622
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--b66fc48f-d106-493c-9c32-4037288b9fb7
2022 November_TrendMicro_Earth Preta_Toneshell_PubloadATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1218.013
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--baeeb709-904c-4449-8229-b7cead12cfe3
Trend Micro Mustang Panda Earth Preta Toneshell February 2025ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1134.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--c8447da9-e9d9-44fa-8bb8-0a9ed8316efe
ZscalerATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1087
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ccf0d066-a71c-4a8b-b16c-4ddcc8eca267
ZscalerATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1480.002
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--d2d22aa1-685a-484b-a164-27850c5bbaa0
2025_IBM_PUBLOAD_TONESHELL_HIUPAN_CLAIMLOADER_MUSTANG PANDAATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1033
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--d3272553-9c28-47af-b2ae-9f675a5eaade
2022 November_TrendMicro_Earth Preta_Toneshell_PubloadATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1106
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--d55c917d-0728-4e09-a58b-672094786e40
2025_IBM_PUBLOAD_TONESHELL_HIUPAN_CLAIMLOADER_MUSTANG PANDA · Trend Micro Mustang Panda Earth Preta Toneshell February 2025 · Palo Alto Networks, Unit 42 · ZscalerATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1205
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--de50e857-f9c7-4d62-a228-91f1aa226e21
Trend Micro Mustang Panda Earth Preta Toneshell February 2025 · 2022 November_TrendMicro_Earth Preta_Toneshell_Pubload · Trend Micro Mustang Panda Earth Preta TONESHELL June 2023ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1059.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--dfe0fcb7-2099-4b7b-95a1-54c07ee22ae8
2025_IBM_PUBLOAD_TONESHELL_HIUPAN_CLAIMLOADER_MUSTANG PANDA · ZscalerATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1027.012
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ec2eb361-4544-4599-88a1-ba6c13268b08
CSIRT CTI MUSTANG PANDA PUBLOAD TONESHELL JAN 2024ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1559
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ec6b9512-b23a-4aac-87b8-b5c4c19493de
2025_IBM_PUBLOAD_TONESHELL_HIUPAN_CLAIMLOADER_MUSTANG PANDA · Palo Alto Unit42 STATELY TAURUS TONESHELL September 2023ATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1001.003
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--f68ff2ea-8e0c-4972-a39b-eac286ed9690
2025_IBM_PUBLOAD_TONESHELL_HIUPAN_CLAIMLOADER_MUSTANG PANDA · ZscalerATTACK:enterprise:S1239 → uses → ATTACK:enterprise:T1560.001
MITRE ATT&CK: Source assertion; no new actor identity, alias equivalence, CVE exploitation or causal inference. Procedure prose omitted.
Assertion source · Locator: relationship--ff1715e6-2b65-47a3-86f2-d5d09f2e31e4
Palo Alto Unit42 STATELY TAURUS TONESHELL September 2023 · Unit42 Chinese VSCode 06 September 2024