- Category
- State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
- Origin
- China(high confidence)
- Sponsor
- China
- Motivation
- Espionage; Information theft and espionage
- Seen
- 2012–2026
- Status
- Active
- ATT&CK
- G0103 · 6 techniques
- Sources
- 8 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0137 · mofang
ChinaWhat it is
Mofang is a likely China-based cyber espionage group, named for its frequent practice of imitating a victim's infrastructure. This adversary has been observed since at least May 2012 conducting focused attacks against government and critical infrastructure in Myanmar, as well as several other countries and sectors including military, automobile, and weapons industries.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- Mandiant
- TEMP.Mimic
- MITRE ATT&CK
- G0103
- NSHC
- SectorM04
- Other names
- Whitefly, ATK 83, Bronze Walker, Superman, Whitefly, Mofang
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
- MISP Galaxy (CFR tagging)China
- ThreatActor.info (Malpedia et al.)China · high
Targets
- Countries
- Canada, Germany, India, Myanmar, Singapore, South Korea, United States
- Sectors
- Automotive, Critical infrastructure, Defense, Engineering, Government, Healthcare, Media, Private sector, Telecommunications
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- China Chopper
- Cyber Eye RAT
- CyberGate
- MobileOrder
- ShimRat
- ShimRatReporter
Sources
- MITRE ATT&CK attack.mitre.org
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de