- Category
- State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
- Origin
- China(high confidence)
- Sponsor
- China
- Motivation
- Espionage; Information theft and espionage
- Seen
- 2014–2026
- Status
- Active
- ATT&CK
- G0002 · 1 techniques
- Sources
- 5 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0423 · moafee
ChinaWhat it is
Moafee is a threat group that appears to operate from the Guandong Province of China. Due to overlapping TTPs, including similar custom tools, Moafee is thought to have a direct or indirect relationship with the threat group DragonOK.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- MITRE ATT&CK
- G0002
- Secureworks
- BRONZE OVERBROOK
- Other names
- DragonOK, Shallow Taurus
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
Targets
- Countries
- United States
- Sectors
- Defense, Government, Private sector
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- PoisonIvy
Sources
- MITRE ATT&CK attack.mitre.org
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th