Intrusion setG0052
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.
- Documented techniques
- 8
- Assessed origin
- Iran
- Assessed motivation
- Espionage
- First seen
- 2013
- Basis
- MITRE ATT&CK
How they break in
Techniques MITRE has documented this group using, grouped by the stage of an attack they belong to. This is the actionable half: each one is a behaviour you can look for in your own logs, and a control you can test.
resource development1
execution1
command and control1
defense impairment1
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