Threat actor
Netsweeper
Last fetched
Netsweeper is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques.
Description
Netsweeper, a Canadian company that develops internet filtering technology, enables internet censorship and surveillance in various countries. The company's software is used to block access to content deemed politically or socially sensitive, such as websites related to political dissent, religious topics, independent media, and LGBTQ+ rights. Netsweeper's technology employs automated mechanisms to filter content across multiple categories, which can be customized by clients, including governments and ISPs. Its tools include onGuard, which monitors student activity in real time, tracking desktop content, internet usage, and user-submitted data.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for Netsweeper in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to Netsweeper today — this states the absence of a published link, not that Netsweeper has no infrastructure.
References
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/canadian-company-netsweeper-blocking-lgbtq-content-abroad/
- https://tribune.com.pk/story/670355/rights-group-files-request-seeking-disclosure-on-internet-filtering-equipment
- https://citizenlab.ca/2018/04/planet-netsweeper-section-2-country-case-studies/
- https://www.vice.com/en/article/canadian-government-funded-notorious-censorship-company-for-a-decade-netsweeper-bahrain-citizen-lab/
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Related pages
Pivot from Netsweeper 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.