Charming Kitten
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Formerly called | Turk |
|---|---|
| Security | |
| Methods | Social Engineering |
| Watering Hole | |
| Parent organizations | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps |
| Regions | Middle East |
| Purposes | Cyber spying |
| Cyberwarfare | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 3035498 |
About Charming Kitten
Charming Kitten is a cyberwarfare group, described by several companies and government officials as an advanced persistent threat. On December 15, 2017 the group was designated by FireEye as a nation state based advanced persistent threat, regardless of the lack of its sophistication.
Iranian and Russian hackers targeting politicians and journalists, warn UK officials
... An Iranian Group - known as TA453 or Charming Kitten - has been linked by independent cyber-security experts to the country s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and is accused of targeting US politicians as well as critical infrastructure...
Predatory Sparrow: Who are the hackers who say they started a fire in Iran?
... So if Predatory Sparrow is a state-sponsored military hacking group, which country does it represent? Its name, a play on the name of the Iranian cyber-warfare group, Charming Kitten, could be a clue suggesting that it s a country with a strong interest in Iran...
