IRG0117
Fox KittenFox Kitten
Also known as: PIONEER KITTEN · PARISITE · UNC757 · Lemon Sandstorm · RUBIDIUM · Fox Kitten
Origin
IR
Known aliases
6
Profile
PIONEER KITTEN is an Iran-based adversary that has been active since at least 2017 and has a suspected nexus to the Iranian government. This adversary appears to be primarily focused on gaining and maintaining access to entities possessing sensitive information of likely intelligence interest to the Iranian government. According to DRAGOS, they also targeted ICS-related entities using known VPN vulnerabilities. They are widely known to use open source penetration testing tools for reconnaissance and to establish encrypted communications.
Aliases· 6
PIONEER KITTENPARISITEUNC757Lemon SandstormRUBIDIUMFox Kitten
MITRE ATT&CK Group crosswalk
References
- https://youtu.be/pBDu8EGWRC4?t=2492
- https://www.dragos.com/threat/parisite
- https://www.dragos.com/wp-content/uploads/The-ICS-Threat-Landscape.pdf
- https://www.dragos.com/wp-content/uploads/NA-EL-Threat-Perspective-2019.pdf
- https://www.clearskysec.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/ClearSky-Fox-Kitten-Campaign.pdf
- https://www.zdnet.com/article/fbi-says-an-iranian-hacking-group-is-attacking-f5-networking-devices
- https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/who-is-pioneer-kitten
- https://www.zdnet.com/article/iranian-hackers-are-selling-access-to-compromised-companies-on-an-underground-forum
Related by meaning· 6
Nearest entities by semantic similarity across the cs-graph corpus.