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Nemesis Kitten

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NEMESIS KITTEN is an Iran-nexus adversary active since at least 2020. Previously tracked as the DireFate activity cluster, the adversary’s activity is typically characterized by the exploitation of external remote services and the subsequent deployment of network proxy software such as Fatedier Reverse Proxy (FRP) and Plink. In limited instances, NEMESIS KITTEN was observed using Bitlocker to encr...

  • Nemesis Kitten

  • Iran, Middle East

Community Identifiers

Phosphorus, DEV-0270, COBALT MIRAGE, UNC2448

Objective

Destruction

Motivation

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