- Category
- State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
- Origin
- China(high confidence)
- Sponsor
- State-sponsored
- Motivation
- Espionage; Information theft and espionage
- Seen
- 2012–2026
- Status
- Active
- ATT&CK
- G1034 · 17 techniques
- Sources
- 8 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0121 · daggerfly
ChinaWhat it is
Daggerfly is a People's Republic of China-linked APT entity active since at least 2012. Daggerfly has targeted individuals, government and NGO entities, and telecommunication companies in Asia and Africa. Daggerfly is associated with exclusive use of MgBot malware and is noted for several potential supply chain infection campaigns.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- CrowdStrike
- Evasive Panda
- Recorded Future
- TAG-112, TAG-102
- Secureworks
- BRONZE HIGHLAND
- Other names
- Storm Cloud, Digging Taurus, StormBamboo
Attribution
Each attribution is a claim: who makes it, and to whom. Western and Eastern sources are kept apart, as they often disagree.
Western sources
- ETDA / ThaiCERTChina
- MISP Galaxy (CFR tagging)China
- ThreatActor.info (Malpedia et al.)China · high
Targets
- Countries
- China, Hong Kong, India, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nigeria, Philippines, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam
- Sectors
- Government, Individuals, Telecommunications, Universities
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- BITSAdmin
- BRAINDAMAGE
- CloudDuke
- Cobalt Strike
- CrossRat
- Cyber Eye RAT
- CyberGate
- GOSLU
- Godlike12
- MacMa
- MgBot
- Nightdoor
- PLUGDAT
- PlugX
- Reg
- STITCH
- SweetAlerts
- Xploit
Sources
- MITRE ATT&CK attack.mitre.org
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de