Threat Actor Profile
High
APT
Description
Honeybee is a campaign led by an unknown actor that targets humanitarian aid organizations and has been active in Vietnam, Singapore, Argentina, Japan, Indonesia, and Canada. It has been an active operation since August of 2017 and as recently as February 2018. (Citation: McAfee Honeybee)
Confidence Score
Known Aliases
Honeybee
Tags
mitre-attack
stix-2.1
intrusion-set
First Seen
Unknown
Last Updated
Unknown
Active Status
ActiveCreated
April 29, 2026
Indicators of Compromise
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STIX Data
{'aliases': ['Honeybee'],
'created': '2018-10-17T00:14:20.652Z',
'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
'description': '[Honeybee](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0072) is a '
'campaign led by an unknown actor that targets humanitarian '
'aid organizations and has been active in Vietnam, Singapore, '
'Argentina, Japan, Indonesia, and Canada. It has been an '
'active operation since August of 2017 and as recently as '
'February 2018. (Citation: McAfee Honeybee)',
'external_references': [{'external_id': 'G0072',
'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0072'},
{'description': '(Citation: McAfee Honeybee)',
'source_name': 'Honeybee'},
{'description': 'Sherstobitoff, R. (2018, March 02). '
'McAfee Uncovers Operation Honeybee, '
'a Malicious Document Campaign '
'Targeting Humanitarian Aid Groups. '
'Retrieved May 16, 2018.',
'source_name': 'McAfee Honeybee',
'url': 'https://www.mcafee.com/blogs/other-blogs/mcafee-labs/mcafee-uncovers-operation-honeybee-malicious-document-campaign-targeting-humanitarian-aid-groups/'}],
'id': 'intrusion-set--ebb73863-fa44-4617-b4cb-b9ed3414eb87',
'modified': '2025-04-18T17:59:26.884Z',
'name': 'Honeybee',
'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
'revoked': False,
'spec_version': '2.1',
'type': 'intrusion-set',
'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
'x_mitre_deprecated': True,
'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
'x_mitre_version': '1.1'}