Threat actor
Daggerfly
Last fetched
Daggerfly is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 17 techniques and also known as 2 other names.
Also known as
Evasive Panda, BRONZE HIGHLAND
Description
[Daggerfly](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1034) is a People's Republic of China-linked APT entity active since at least 2012. [Daggerfly](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1034) has targeted individuals, government and NGO entities, and telecommunication companies in Asia and Africa. [Daggerfly](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1034) is associated with exclusive use of [MgBot](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S1146) malware and is noted for several potential supply chain infection campaigns.(Citation: Symantec Daggerfly 2023)(Citation: ESET EvasivePanda 2023)(Citation: Symantec Daggerfly 2024)(Citation: ESET EvasivePanda 2024)
Techniques by tactic
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to Daggerfly today — this states the absence of a published link, not that Daggerfly has no infrastructure.
References
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1034
- https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/threat-intelligence/apt-attacks-telecoms-africa-mgbot
- https://symantec-enterprise-blogs.security.com/threat-intelligence/daggerfly-espionage-updated-toolset
- https://www.welivesecurity.com/2023/04/26/evasive-panda-apt-group-malware-updates-popular-chinese-software/
- https://www.welivesecurity.com/en/eset-research/evasive-panda-leverages-monlam-festival-target-tibetans/
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Related pages
Pivot from Daggerfly 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.