Charming Kitten Cluster
Suspected state sponsor: Islamic Republic of IranThe Charming Kitten Cluster is one of the most famous advanced persistent threats associated with the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is active in cyber espionage, with its primary mission being to collect intelligence about its targets. The targets of Charming Kitten typically include journalists, academics, military and government personnel in the EU, the US, and the Middle East.
The Charming Kitten threat actor usually uses spoofing attacks such as phishing via email, creating fake personas on social media, fake domains, and custom malware. However, in recent years, this threat actor has become more sophisticated in social engineering, seeking to increase their success rate by inviting targets to video calls and attempting to access target accounts in real-time during these calls on Zoom or Skype. One of the unique features of Charming Kitten cyber espionage campaigns is that they are highly tailored for the target, and each phishing email/message is customized for that specific individual.
observatory results
APT35
APT35 is named by Mandiant and at the moment 4 indexed report with 54 related IOCs
Ballistic Bobcat
Ballistic Bobcat is named by ESET and at the moment 1 indexed report with 19 related IOCs
Charming Kitten
Charming Kitten is named by CrowdStrike and at the moment 4 indexed report with 205 related IOCs
COBALT MIRAGE
COBALT MIRAGE is named by SecureWorks and at the moment 2 indexed report with 43 related IOCs
DEV-0270
DEV-0270 is named by Microsoft and at the moment 1 indexed report with 2 related IOCs
Magic Hound
Magic Hound is named by Palo Alto and at the moment 1 indexed report with 80 related IOCs
Mint Sandstorm
Mint Sandstorm is named by Microsoft and at the moment 6 indexed report with 125 related IOCs
Phosphorus
Phosphorus is named by Microsoft and at the moment 6 indexed report with 125 related IOCs
Storm-0270
Storm-0270 is named by Micosoft and at the moment 1 indexed report with 2 related IOCs
TA453
TA453 is named by Proofpoint and at the moment 5 indexed report with 45 related IOCs
Yellow Garuda
Yellow Garuda is named by PWC and at the moment 1 indexed report with 96 related IOCs
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