Hacker groupG0052
CopyKittens
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.
- Known attack methods
- 8
- Origin
- Iran
- Motive
- Espionage
- First seen
- 2013
- Source
- MITRE ATT&CK
How they break in
Techniques MITRE has documented this group using, mapped onto the ATT&CK matrix. Each one is a behaviour you can look for in your own logs, and a control you can test.
Used by this groupNot documented for this groupIn brackets: sub-techniques this group uses, of those that exist.
Reconnaissance
12 techniques
Resource Development
9 techniques · 1 used
Initial Access
11 techniques
Execution
20 techniques · 1 used
Persistence
22 techniques
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques
Stealth
30 techniques · 2 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques · 1 used
Credential Access
17 techniques
Discovery
34 techniques
Lateral Movement
9 techniques
Collection
17 techniques · 1 used
Command and Control
18 techniques · 1 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques
Impact
15 techniques
Resource development1
Execution1
Defense impairment1
Command and control1
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
Cobalt StrikeMatryoshkaTDTESS
Tools
Legitimate or dual-use software the group is documented using. Most of it is software your own administrators use too, which is the point.
Empire