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Static Kitten

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STATIC KITTEN is an Iran-based adversary active since at least early 2017 targeting organizations mostly in the Middle East, Eurasia, and Central Asia. This adversary group is most commonly associated with leveraging legitimate Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) tools for their campaigns. Their primary delivery vector is believed to be spear phishing emails that deliver macro-embedded document...

  • Static Kitten

  • Iran, Middle East

Community Identifiers

POWERSTATS, Temp.Zagros, MERCURY, Seedworm, Yellow Nix, Mango Sandstorm, MuddyWater, NTSTATS

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