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APT18G0026 state

🇨🇳 CN

aka APT18, TG-0416, Dynamite Panda, Threat Group-0416, SCANDIUM, PLA Navy, Wekby, G0026, Satin Typhoon, SAMURAI PANDA, Wisp Team, APT4, MAVERICK PANDA, BRONZE EDISON, SODIUM, Salmon Typhoon

Last updated: 2026-08-20

0attributed CVEs
18ATT&CK techniques
0.0IDF score (tooling uniqueness)
0exclusive CVEs
—years active

About this actor

[APT18](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0026) is 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. (Citation: Dell Lateral Movement)

Source: MITRE ATT&CK

Names & naming systems

Each vendor coins its own name for the same actor. Where a name follows a known scheme we attribute it; the rest are listed honestly as unclassified.

MITRE ATT&CKG-number catalogue id

G0026

Microsoftweather-system names

Satin TyphoonSalmon Typhoon

CrowdStrikenation-animal names

Dynamite PandaSAMURAI PANDAMAVERICK PANDA

Mandiant / genericAPT numbering

APT18APT4

Secureworkscolour-metal names

BRONZE EDISON

Unclassifiedno scheme matched

TG-0416Threat Group-0416SCANDIUMPLA NavyWekbyWisp TeamSODIUM

How we know this

Data origin
MITRE ATT&CK Imported from the MITRE ATT&CK STIX bundle as an intrusion-set object.
Techniques
MITRE ATT&CK STIX mappings — 18 ATT&CK techniques on file.
Named victims
None on file.

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Activity timeline

No activity events recorded.

Profile

CVERiskCVSSEPSSPublishedProducts
No attributed CVEs.

Mitigating controls (NIST 800-53)

ControlTechniques coveredCoverage
CM-612 / 1867%
SI-412 / 1867%
CM-211 / 1861%
CM-710 / 1856%
AC-39 / 1850%
SI-39 / 1850%
AC-67 / 1839%
CA-77 / 1839%
AC-26 / 1833%
SC-76 / 1833%
AC-45 / 1828%
AC-55 / 1828%
IA-25 / 1828%
RA-55 / 1828%
SI-75 / 1828%

Co-occurring actors

None.

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