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emulation-volt-typhoon

Volt Typhoon (Vanguard Panda, PRC) adversary-emulation playbook — edge-device initial access, living-off-the-land-only operations, NTDS/credential theft, long-dwell pre-positioning toward critical infrastructure, multi-hop proxy egress. Use when emulating stealthy LOTL pre-positioning. Triggers on: 'emulate Volt Typhoon', 'Vanguard Panda', 'BRONZE SILHOUETTE', 'living off the land', 'edge device', 'pre-positioning', 'critical infrastructure persistence'.

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# Volt Typhoon — Adversary Emulation Playbook

> Tier-3 PRC actor specializing in **undetected long-dwell pre-positioning** inside critical
> infrastructure. The defining trait is **living-off-the-land only**: almost no malware,
> built-in OS tooling for everything, credentials harvested from edge devices, log tampering,
> and egress proxied through compromised SOHO routers. The deliverable is proving *quiet,
> persistent access* — not data theft. Authorized red-team emulation only; runs under the RoE.

## When to emulate Volt Typhoon

- The client wants to test **detection of stealthy, malware-free intrusions** and dwell time —
  can the SOC catch an actor that only uses built-ins?
- Communications, energy, water, transportation, or other critical-infrastructure targets
  (see the industry → actor map in `../../references/apt-groups.md`).