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
90%
Known Aliases
Honeybee
Tags
mitre-attack stix-2.1 intrusion-set
First Seen

Unknown

Last Updated

Unknown

Active Status
Active
Created

April 29, 2026

Indicators of Compromise

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{'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'}
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