Scarlet Mimic
Scarlet Mimic is a China-attributed nation-state APT group with an espionage motive, tracked by Brandefense. It targets the Government sector in 3 countries, including India and China. It uses 1 MITRE ATT&CK technique and exploits 5 known CVEs.
- G0029
- Golfing Taurus
- Origin
- China
- Techniques
- 1
- Exploited CVEs
- 5
- First seen
- Jan 1, 2009
- Last seen
- Aug 1, 2022
- Record updated
Who They Target.
About Scarlet Mimic.
Scarlet Mimic is a threat group that has targeted minority rights activists. This group has not been directly linked to a government source, but the group's motivations appear to overlap with those of the Chinese government. While there is some overlap between IP addresses used by Scarlet Mimic and Putter Panda, it has not been concluded that the groups are the same.
Last updated Sep 30, 2026. Compiled by Brandefense technologies from structured threat intelligence and reviewed by Brandefense analysts. Techniques follow the MITRE ATT&CK framework.