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.1
- Symantec Whitefly March 2019
Claims and citations
Every claim comes from a writer; provenance is the writer's assertion, not a review verdict from this directory. Validity reads by citation year.
| predicate | object | Valid | Conf. | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uses_technique | tech_t1105 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1574.001 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1003.001 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1068 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1588.002 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1059 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1027.013 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1204.002 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1036.005 | 2020 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
Technique use
| ATT&CK | Technique | platforms |
|---|---|---|
| T1003.001 | LSASS Memory | — |
| T1027.013 | Encrypted/Encoded File | — |
| T1036.005 | Match Legitimate Resource Name or Location | — |
| T1059 | Command and Scripting Interpreter | — |
| T1068 | Exploitation for Privilege Escalation | — |
| T1105 | Ingress Tool Transfer | — |
| T1204.002 | Malicious File | — |
| T1574.001 | DLL | — |
| T1588.002 | Tool | — |
Aliases
Whitefly
Reading and review
Records are auto-ingested and not human-reviewed. Confidence is the writer's 0–100 value; bands split at ≥80 / 50–79 / <50 into high / medium / low. The four trust axes (synthetic, lifecycle, band, source count) stay separate and never merge into one score.