Threat actor
APT16
Last fetched
APT16 is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 1 technique and also known as 2 other names.
Also known as
SVCMONDR, G0023
Description
[APT16](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0023) is a China-based threat group that has launched spearphishing campaigns targeting Japanese and Taiwanese organizations. (Citation: FireEye EPS Awakens Part 2)
Techniques by tactic
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to APT16 today — this states the absence of a published link, not that APT16 has no infrastructure.
References
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0023
- https://web.archive.org/web/20151226205946/https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/12/the-eps-awakens-part-two.html
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2015/12/the_eps_awakens.html
- https://www.cfr.org/interactive/cyber-operations/apt-16
- https://www.mandiant.com/resources/insights/apt-groups
- https://securelist.com/analysis/publications/74828/cve-2015-2545-overview-of-current-threats/
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Related pages
Pivot from APT16 into its techniques, tactics and any attributed infrastructure.
Queries
Resolves the slug to this actor, merging every duplicate node sharing the same name.
MATCH (a:ACTOR)
WHERE a.name =~ $pattern OR any(x IN a.aliases WHERE x =~ $pattern)
RETURN a.id AS id, a.name AS name, a.aliases AS aliases, a.description AS description,
a.references AS references, a.campaigns AS campaigns
LIMIT 25Techniques this actor uses, grouped by the tactic each one serves.
MATCH (a:ACTOR {name: $name})-[:USES_TECHNIQUE]->(t:ATTACK_PATTERN)
OPTIONAL MATCH (t)-[:USES_TACTIC]->(tac:ATTACK_PATTERN)
RETURN t.id AS techniqueId, t.name AS techniqueName, tac.id AS tacticId, tac.name AS tacticName
LIMIT 1000Infrastructure publicly attributed to this actor.
MATCH (n)-[:ATTRIBUTED_TO]->(a:ACTOR {name: $name})
RETURN labels(n)[0] AS kind, n.name AS name
LIMIT 25Or query Whisper from your own LLM workflow via the Whisper MCP server.