IRIran (Islamic Republic of)confidence: 50

Rocket KittenRocket Kitten

Also known as: TEMP.Beanie · Operation Woolen Goldfish · Operation Woolen-Goldfish · Thamar Reservoir · Timberworm · Rocket Kitten

Origin
IR
Known aliases
6
Target sectors
2
Attribution
State-sponsored

Profile

Targets Saudi Arabia, Israel, US, Iran, high ranking defense officials, embassies of various target countries, notable Iran researchers, human rights activists, media and journalists, academic institutions and various scholars, including scientists in the fields of physics and nuclear sciences.

Aliases· 6

TEMP.BeanieOperation Woolen GoldfishOperation Woolen-GoldfishThamar ReservoirTimberwormRocket Kitten

Target sectors· 2

GovernmentMilitary

Known victims· 15

  • Saudi Arabia
  • Venezuela
  • Afghanistan
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Iran
  • Israel
  • Iraq
  • Kuwait
  • Turkey
  • Canada
  • Yemen
  • United Kingdom

References

  1. https://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/us/security/news/cyber-attacks/operation-woolen-goldfish-when-kittens-go-phishing
  2. https://www.trendmicro.com/cloud-content/us/pdfs/security-intelligence/white-papers/wp-the-spy-kittens-are-back.pdf
  3. http://www.clearskysec.com/thamar-reservoir/
  4. https://citizenlab.ca/2015/08/iran_two_factor_phishing/
  5. https://blog.checkpoint.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/rocket-kitten-report.pdf
  6. https://community.broadcom.com/symantecenterprise/communities/community-home/librarydocuments/viewdocument?DocumentKey=5758557d-6e3a-4174-90f3-fa92a712ecd9&CommunityKey=1ecf5f55-9545-44d6-b0f4-4e4a7f5f5e68&tab=librarydocuments
  7. https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/02/unit42-magic-hound-campaign-attacks-saudi-targets/
  8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_Kitten

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Sourced from MISP-Galaxy Threat Actor cluster. Curated by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.