Threat Intelligence Analysis of APT41 Executive Summary An Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) can be defined as a sophisticated actor or group who conducts cyber-attacks in pursuit of various objectives which can include financial gain or espionage. The APT41 group (ID: G0096) is a Chinese state sponsored group that is associated with the name “WICKED PANDA” and conducts operations against a variety of sectors but mostly targeting the video game industry. The goals of APT41 have been observed to be theft of intellectual property and financial gain as the group has stolen source code, stolen digital certificates to sign malware, and deployed ransomware. More