CopyKittens
Also known as Slayer Kitten, G0052
CopyKittens is an Iranian cyber espionage group that has been operating since at least 2013. It has targeted countries including Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the U.S., Jordan, and Germany. The group is responsible for the campaign known as Operation Wilted Tulip.(Citation: ClearSky CopyKittens March 2017)(Citation: ClearSky Wilted Tulip July 2017)(Citation: CopyKittens Nov 2015)
Targets: Government, Private sector, Civil society, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Germany, United States
CVEs in recent coverage
No CVEs named alongside this actor in the last 90 days.
Recent victims
No leak-site posts on record for this group.
ATT&CK techniques
Recent activity
No posts or advisories have named this actor recently.
References
- https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/minervaresearchpublic/CopyKittens/CopyKittens.pdf
- https://www.domaintools.com/resources/blog/case-study-hunting-campaign-indicators-on-privacy-protected-attack-infrastr
- http://www.clearskysec.com/copykitten-jpost/
- http://www.clearskysec.com/tulip/
- https://www.cfr.org/interactive/cyber-operations/copykittens
- https://www.clearskysec.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Operation_Wilted_Tulip.pdf
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0052/
- http://www.clearskysec.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Operation_Wilted_Tulip.pdf
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0052
- https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/1903456/Whitepapers/CopyKittens.pdf
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