Cutting Kitten is a threat group thought to operate from Iran, with suspected state backing. Public reporting links it, with 12 countries and victims named. This free profile brings together what is known about it, so you can judge the risk to you.
Cutting Kitten has 1 other name 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
One of the threat actors responsible for the denial of service attacks against U.S in 2012–2013. Three individuals associated with the group—believed to be have been working on behalf of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—were indicted by the Justice Department in 2016.
Public reports about Cutting Kitten (2)
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 (12)
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Cutting Kitten is a threat group thought to operate from Iran, with suspected state backing. Public reporting links it, with 12 countries and victims named.
Public reporting places Cutting Kitten as operating from Iran, with suspected state backing. Attribution is never certain: it rests on the tools, infrastructure and targets researchers have seen.
In public reporting, 12 countries and victims are named, including United States, Bank of America, US Bancorp and Fifth Third Bank.
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