CHRYSENE is an espionage group with suspected backing from Unknown. Public reporting links it to attacks on private sector organisations, with 4 countries and victims named. This free profile brings together what is known about it, so you can judge the risk to you.
CHRYSENE has 2 other names in security research. Below is what published reporting says about it, with a link to every report so you can check the detail yourself.
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What public reporting says
Adversaries abusing ICS (based on Dragos Inc adversary list). This threat actor targets organizations involved in oil, gas, and electricity production, primarily in the Gulf region, for espionage purposes. According to one cybersecurity company, the threat actor “compromises a target machine and passes it off to another threat actor for further exploitation.”
The sectors and places named in public reporting about this group. If yours is on the list, it is worth knowing how they work and which flaws they use.
Countries and victims named (4)
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CHRYSENE is an espionage group with suspected backing from Unknown. Public reporting links it to attacks on private sector organisations, with 4 countries and victims named.
Public reporting places CHRYSENE as a group with suspected backing from Unknown. Attribution is never certain: it rests on the tools, infrastructure and targets researchers have seen.
In public reporting, sectors named include private sector, and 4 countries and victims are named, including Iraq, United Kingdom, Pakistan and Israel.
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