- Category
- State · Attributed to a state or working for one.
- Origin
- Iran(high confidence)
- Motivation
- Information theft and espionage
- Seen
- 2015–2026
- Status
- Active
- ATT&CK
- G0137 · 6 techniques
- Sources
- 7 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0199 · ferocious-kitten
IranWhat it is
Ferocious Kitten is a threat group that has primarily targeted Persian-speaking individuals in Iran since at least 2015.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- MITRE ATT&CK
- G0137
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
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- Archelaus Beta
- BITSAdmin
- Back Orifice
- Back Orifice 2000
- Chrome Remote Desktop
- CrossRat
- MarkiRAT
- Sky Wyder
- Virus RAT
Sources
- MITRE ATT&CK attack.mitre.org
- ETDA Threat Group Card apt.etda.or.th
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de