Actors Insights|Latest update28/05/2025

Mint Sandstorm

Named by MicrosoftSuspected state sponsor: Islamic Republic of Iran
This threat actor previously was known as Phosphorus
First Seen:Jan 2014
Last Seen:Mar 2025
Indexed Reports:9
Public IOCs:137
Cluster: Charming KittenMitre: Magic HoundMisp: APT35
also known as:
Newscaster Team (Symantec)Magic Hound (Palo Alto)G0059 (Mitre)PHOSPHORUS (Microsoft)Mint Sandstorm (Microsoft)TunnelVision (SentinelOne)COBALT MIRAGE (SecureWorks)APT35 (Mandiant)TA453 (Proofpoint)COBALT ILLUSION (SecureWorks)Charming Kitten (CrowdStrike)ITG18 (IBM)APT42 (Mandiant)

Targeted Regions

Belgium
BE
Belgium
Belgium
Nov 2023 ~ Jan 2024
Nov 2023 ~ Jan 2024
Europe
EU
Europe
Europe
Sep 2020 ~ Oct 2020
Sep 2020 ~ Oct 2020
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
France
FR
France
France
Nov 2023 ~ Jan 2024
Nov 2023 ~ Jan 2024
Israel
IL
Israel
Israel
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Jun 2022 ~ Jun 2022
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Nov 2023 ~ Jan 2024
Nov 2023 ~ Jan 2024
Middle East
ME
Middle East
Middle East
Sep 2020 ~ Oct 2020
Sep 2020 ~ Oct 2020
Palestine
PS
Palestine
Palestine
Nov 2023 ~ Jan 2024
Nov 2023 ~ Jan 2024
Saudi Arabia
SA
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Sep 2020 ~ Oct 2020
Sep 2020 ~ Oct 2020
United Kingdom
GB
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Nov 2023 ~ Jan 2024
Nov 2023 ~ Jan 2024
United States
US
United States
United States
Sep 2020 ~ Oct 2020
Sep 2020 ~ Oct 2020
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Jun 2022 ~ Jun 2022
May 2022 ~ Jun 2022
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Sep 2021 ~ Apr 2023
Nov 2023 ~ Jan 2024
Nov 2023 ~ Jan 2024
Jan 2020Oct 2025

Targeted Sectors

Government Agencies and ServicesResearchersJournalistsPro-DemocracyPoliticalEducationDefenseMilitaryUniversityConstructionHuman RightsLogisticsEnergyOil and GasUtilities

Recent Indexed Reports

  1. Public
    Mint Sandstorm Subgroup Targets US Critical Infrastructure
  2. Public
    Phosphorus Targets Israeli and US Officials with Spear-Phishing
  3. Public
    Stealth in the System: PHOSPHORUS Exploits Exchange Server in Infrastructure Sector Attack
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Disclaimer: We are working on indexing and analyzing relevant data and this process is not fully completed yet. Therefore, displayed details and statistics may will change in the future.