- Category
- State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
- Origin
- Iran(high confidence)
- Sponsor
- State-sponsored
- Agency named
- IRGC
- Motivation
- Information theft and espionage
- Seen
- 2016–2026
- Status
- Active
- ATT&CK
- G0097 · 2 techniques
- Sources
- 12 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0025 · bouncing-golf
IranWhat it is
Bouncing Golf is a cyberespionage campaign targeting Middle Eastern countries.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- CrowdStrike
- Domestic Kitten
- MITRE ATT&CK
- G0097
- Qihoo 360
- APT-C-50
- Other names
- DomesticKitten, DomesticKitten - APT-C-50
Attribution
Each attribution is a claim: who makes it, and to whom. Western and Eastern sources are kept apart, as they often disagree.
Western sources
- ETDA / ThaiCERTIran
- MISP Galaxy (CFR tagging)Iran
- ThreatActor.info (Malpedia et al.)Iran · high
Chinese and Russian sources
- Qihoo 360Iran
Targets
- Countries
- Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Türkiye, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- Archelaus Beta
- FurBall
- GolfSpy
- MobileOrder
Sources
- MITRE ATT&CK attack.mitre.org
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de
- Qihoo 360 apt.360.net