IRIran (Islamic Republic of)confidence: 50
BANISHED KITTENBANISHED KITTEN
Also known as: DUNE · Storm-0842 · Red Sandstorm · BANISHED KITTEN
Origin
IR
Known aliases
4
Target sectors
9
Attribution
State-sponsored
Profile
BANISHED KITTEN is an Iranian state-nexus adversary active since at least 2008. While the adversary’s most prominent activity is the July and September 2022 disruptive attacks targeting Albanian government infrastructure and the use of the HomelandJustice persona to leak stolen data, BANISHED KITTEN has likely targeted dissidents using the AllinOneNeo malware family.
Aliases· 4
DUNEStorm-0842Red SandstormBANISHED KITTEN
Target sectors· 9
GovernmentHealthcarePharmaceuticalsHigh-TechTelecommsEducationMediaNGOsCivil Society
Known victims· 4
- United States
- Israel
- Middle East
- Europe
Incident types
EspionageInformation OperationsSabotage
References
Related by meaning· 6
Nearest entities by semantic similarity across the cs-graph corpus.