Earth Lamia
Aliases: UNC5454
- Origin
- CN
- Primary motivation
- espionage
- Sophistication
- advanced
- Resource level
- government
- Actor type
- nation-state
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 12:22:21
Targeted industries: financial-services government-and-public-sector transportation-and-logistics
Targeted regions: country_code:br country_code:mx country_code:sa country_code:sg country_code:th
Context
Earth Lamia is a China-nexus APT that targets organizations across multiple sectors, including finance, logistics, and government, primarily in Latin America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. The actor exploits web application vulnerabilities, such as CVE-2025-55182, and employs techniques like SQL injection, DLL sideloading, and the deployment of custom backdoors like PULSEPACK and BypassBoss. Earth Lamia conducts reconnaissance, file operations, and credential theft, often utilizing tools like Cobalt Strike and VShell.
Exploited vulnerabilities
- CVE-2025-55182 (vulnerability)
Reports & references
- cloud.google.com — Threat Actors Exploit React2Shell Cve 2025 55182 (report)
- Trend Micro — Earth Lamia (report)