Hacker groupG0117
Fox Kitten
Also tracked as UNC757, Parisite, Pioneer Kitten, RUBIDIUM, Lemon Sandstorm
Fox Kitten is threat actor with a suspected nexus to the Iranian government that has been active since at least 2017 against entities in the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, Australia, and North America. Fox Kitten has targeted multiple industrial verticals including oil and gas, technology, government, defense, healthcare, manufacturing, and engineering.
- Known attack methods
- 41
- Origin
- Iran
- First seen
- 2017
- 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 · 1 used
Execution
20 techniques · 2 used
Persistence
22 techniques · 2 used
Privilege Escalation
13 techniques · 1 used
Stealth
30 techniques · 3 used
Defense Impairment
18 techniques
Credential Access
17 techniques · 4 used
Discovery
34 techniques · 6 used
Lateral Movement
9 techniques · 2 used
Collection
17 techniques · 5 used
Command and Control
18 techniques · 4 used
Exfiltration
9 techniques
Impact
15 techniques
Resource development2
Initial access1
Execution4
Persistence2
Privilege escalation1
Stealth5
Credential access5
Discovery7
Lateral movement5
Collection5
Command and control4
Malware
Families MITRE records this group deploying. Detection names for these are a reasonable place to start.
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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.
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