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ChainedShark

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ChainedShark is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques and also known as 1 other name.

Also known as

Actor240820

Description

ChainedShark is an APT group targeting China's scientific research sector, particularly professionals in international relations and marine technology, with the intent to steal sensitive data. The group employs advanced techniques, including executable file reconstruction to create fragmented shellcode, and utilizes social engineering tactics to exploit professional scenarios for deceptive attacks. ChainedShark demonstrates a high level of technical sophistication, integrating N-day vulnerability exploits and custom trojans within meticulously designed attack chains. Its operations reflect a mature attack infrastructure and a clear evolutionary trajectory in tactics and execution.

Techniques by tactic

No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for ChainedShark in WhisperGraph.

Attributed infrastructure

None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to ChainedShark today — this states the absence of a published link, not that ChainedShark has no infrastructure.

References

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Related pages

Pivot from ChainedShark 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 25
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Techniques 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 1000
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Infrastructure publicly attributed to this actor.


MATCH (n)-[:ATTRIBUTED_TO]->(a:ACTOR {name: $name})
RETURN labels(n)[0] AS kind, n.name AS name
LIMIT 25
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