Charming Kitten is an APT group suspected of ties to Iran, known for extensive spear-phishing and social engineering campaigns.
Charming Kitten is an APT group with a suspected nexus to Iran. It primarily targets government, military, defense, diplomacy, and technology sectors in the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Israel, Iraq, and the United Kingdom. Its key TTPs involve extensive spear-phishing and social engineering campaigns. Defenders should focus on strict email source verification, multi-factor authentication, and limiting exposure of personal information on public platforms.
Charming Kitten (aka Parastoo, aka Newscaster) is an group with a suspected nexus to Iran that targets organizations involved in government, defense technology, military, and diplomacy sectors.
Charming Kitten primarily targets the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Israel, Iraq, and the United Kingdom.
The group's key TTPs involve extensive spear-phishing and social engineering campaigns.
Every claim on this page is drawn from the cited source (MISP Galaxy, MITRE ATT&CK, ransomware.live) — no attribution is invented.