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Fox Kitten threat group

Fox Kitten is a threat group thought to operate from Iran. Public reporting links it to 31 attack techniques. This free profile shows how it works, stage by stage, so you can judge the risk to you. It lists the other names the group goes by and links to every public report behind it.

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Attack techniques
31
Public reports
9
Thought to operate from
Iran
Other names
5
Built from public reporting, with every source listed below.
Overview

Who is Fox Kitten?

Fox Kitten has 5 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.

Also known as

PIONEER KITTENPARISITEUNC757Lemon SandstormRUBIDIUM

Security companies each give the same group their own name, so one group can have many.

What public reporting says

PIONEER KITTEN is an Iran-based adversary that has been active since at least 2017 and has a suspected nexus to the Iranian government. This adversary appears to be primarily focused on gaining and maintaining access to entities possessing sensitive information of likely intelligence interest to the Iranian government. According to DRAGOS, they also targeted ICS-related entities using known VPN vulnerabilities. They are widely known to use open source penetration testing tools for reconnaissance and to establish encrypted communications.

Public reports about Fox Kitten (9)

How it works

How does Fox Kitten attack? Stage by stage.

Each technique is a known way attackers research, get in, stay hidden or do damage. Here are the 31 linked to Fox Kitten, laid out from first look to final blow. Some techniques belong to more than one stage. Pick a stage to see them. Public reporting also lists 23 more specific variations of them, called sub-techniques.

Stage 10 of 15

Looking around

Mapping the network, accounts and data once inside.

6 techniques
  • T1012Query Registry
  • T1018Remote System Discovery
  • T1046Network Service Discovery
  • T1083File and Directory Discovery
  • T1087Account Discovery
  • T1217Browser Information Discovery
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Fox Kitten is a threat group thought to operate from Iran. Public reporting links it to 31 attack techniques.

Public reporting places Fox Kitten as operating from Iran. Attribution is never certain: it rests on the tools, infrastructure and targets researchers have seen.

Public reporting links Fox Kitten to 31 attack techniques. Most of them are about looking around, staying in and gathering data.

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