Whitefly
Whitefly is a cyber espionage group that has been operating since at least 2017. The group has targeted organizations based mostly in Singapore across a wide variety of sectors, and is primarily interested in stealing large amounts of sensitive information. The group has been linked to an attack against Singapore’s largest public health organization, SingHealth.
- Known attack methods
- 9
- Motive
- Espionage
- First seen
- 2017
- Source
- MITRE ATT&CK
How they break in
Techniques MITRE has documented this group using, mapped onto the ATT&CK matrix. Each one is a behaviour you can look for in your own logs, and a control you can test.
Reconnaissance
12 techniques
Resource Development
9 techniques · 1 used
Initial Access
11 techniques
Execution
20 techniques · 2 used
Persistence
22 techniques
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques · 1 used
Stealth
30 techniques · 3 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques
Credential Access
17 techniques · 1 used
Discovery
34 techniques
Lateral Movement
9 techniques
Collection
17 techniques
Command and Control
18 techniques · 1 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques
Impact
15 techniques
Resource development1
Privilege escalation1
Stealth3
Credential access1
Command and control1
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Tools
Legitimate or dual-use software the group is documented using. Most of it is software your own administrators use too, which is the point.