- Category
- State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
- Origin
- China(high confidence)
- Motivation
- Information theft and espionage
- Seen
- 2014–2026
- Status
- Active
- ATT&CK
- G0039 · 5 techniques
- Sources
- 8 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0160 · suckfly
ChinaWhat it is
Suckfly is a China-based threat group that has been active since at least 2014.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- Mandiant
- APT22
- MITRE ATT&CK
- G0039
- Secureworks
- BRONZE OLIVE
- Talos and others
- Group 46
- Other names
- Barista
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
Targets
- Countries
- India
- Sectors
- Entertainment, Financial, Government, Healthcare, Media, Shipping and Logistics
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- ANGRYBELL
- BASELESS
- China Chopper
- FLATNOTE
- LOGJAM
- Nidiran
- PISCES
- SEAWOLF
- SOGU
Sources
- MITRE ATT&CK attack.mitre.org
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de