The Reveal Platform
Intel Name: The rise of collaborative tactics among china-aligned cyber espionage campaigns
Date of Scan: October 24, 2025
Impact: Medium
Summary: The report explores the growing collaboration between China-aligned APT groups, particularly Earth Estries and Earth Naga, in a trend dubbed “Premier Pass-as-a-Service.” This model involves one group, like Earth Estries, acting as an access broker for another, such as Earth Naga, to enable continued exploitation of targets. Their cooperation complicates detection and attribution and has been observed targeting government, telecommunications, and retail sectors across the APAC region. A four-tier framework is introduced to classify and better understand these evolving, cooperative cyberespionage tactics.
