Actors Insights|Latest update04/07/2026

Storm-861

Named by MicrosoftSuspected state sponsor: Islamic Republic of Iran

Storm-861 is an alternative Microsoft tracking label for a subset of Scarred Manticore activity, used in some reporting during 2023-2024 to track the cluster's operations against Israeli and Middle Eastern targets. The designation covers the same Iranian MOIS-linked actor tracked as Scarred Manticore by Check Point and Sygnia, and UNC1860 by Mandiant. Storm-861 activity in this period involved the group's passive IIS implant infrastructure and web shell deployment against government and telecommunications targets, consistent with the cluster's established access-brokering and espionage mission.

First Seen:Oct 2023
Last Seen:May 2024
Indexed Reports:0
Public IOCs:0
also known as:
Storm-861 (Microsoft)

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