- Category
- Hacktivist · Political or nationalist, often disruption and leaks.
- Origin
- Unknown
- Sources
- 3 sources carry it
- Identifier
- GINC-APT-0812 · keymous
What it is
Keymous is a threat actor known for executing extensive DDoS attacks across multiple Arab countries, targeting government ministries and critical infrastructure. The group has claimed access to sensitive data, including over 300,000 records from Israel's Ministry of Education, and has engaged in reconnaissance activities against various ministries in Bahrain and other nations. Keymous employs diverse infrastructure, including compromised IoT devices and DDoS-for-hire platforms, to amplify attack bandwidth. Their operations have been characterized by a focus on politically motivated cyberattacks, particularly in the context of regional conflicts.
Names
The names each vendor, agency and source gives it. Naming differs by who tracks the actor, so one group carries many.
- Other names
- keymous, Keymous Plus
Tools
The tools and malware families the sources tie to it.
- CrossRat
- Cyber Eye RAT
- CyberGate
Sources
- Malpedia malpedia.caad.fkie.fraunhofer.de