Threat actor
Velvet Ant
Last fetched
Velvet Ant is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 22 techniques.
Description
[Velvet Ant](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1047) is a threat actor operating since at least 2021. [Velvet Ant](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1047) is associated with complex persistence mechanisms, the targeting of network devices and appliances during operations, and the use of zero day exploits.(Citation: Sygnia VelvetAnt 2024A)(Citation: Sygnia VelvetAnt 2024B)
Techniques by tactic
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to Velvet Ant today — this states the absence of a published link, not that Velvet Ant has no infrastructure.
References
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Related pages
Pivot from Velvet Ant 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.