Threat Actor Profile
High APT
Description

APT18is a threat group that has operated since at least 2009 and has targeted a range of industries, including technology, manufacturing, human rights groups, government, and medical.[1]

Confidence Score
100%
Tags
mitre-attack crawled web-source mitre-group
First Seen

Unknown

Last Updated

April 29, 2026
18 hours, 43 minutes ago

Active Status
Active
Created

April 29, 2026

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques (11)
T1071 - Application Layer Protocol
Command and Control
T1105 - Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control
T1027 - Obfuscated Files or Information
Defense Evasion
T1070 - Indicator Removal
Defense Evasion
T1078 - Valid Accounts
Defense Evasion
T1082 - System Information Discovery
Discovery
T1083 - File and Directory Discovery
Discovery
T1053 - Scheduled Task/Job
Execution
T1059 - Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1133 - External Remote Services
Persistence
T1547 - Boot or Logon Autostart Execution
Persistence
Indicators of Compromise

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STIX Data
{'aliases': [],
 'description': 'APT18is a threat group that has operated since at least 2009 '
                'and has targeted a range of industries, including technology, '
                'manufacturing, human rights groups, government, and '
                'medical.[1]',
 'external_references': [{'external_id': 'G0026',
                          'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
                          'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0026/'}],
 'id': 'threat-actor--G0026',
 'metadata': {'crawled_at': '2026-04-29T14:32:37.161309+00:00',
              'mitre_group_id': 'G0026',
              'page_title': 'APT18, TG-0416, Dynamite Panda, Threat '
                            'Group-0416, Group G0026 | MITRE ATT&CK®'},
 'name': 'APT18',
 'type': 'threat-actor'}
Quick Actions
Related TTPs (11)
Application Layer Protocol
Command and Control

Ingress Tool Transfer
Command and Control

Obfuscated Files or Informati…
Defense Evasion

Indicator Removal
Defense Evasion

Valid Accounts
Defense Evasion