Iranian state-sponsored cyber espionage group targeting nuclear scientists and defense officials.
Analyst brief
Rocket Kitten is an Iranian nation-state cyber espionage group. It targets high-ranking defense officials, Iran researchers, journalists, human rights activists, academic institutions, and scientists, including those in nuclear sciences. The group employs Waterhole attacks, Spear-phishing, and custom malware. Defenders should focus on email protection, user awareness training, and monitoring websites visited by targeted sectors.
Targets Saudi Arabia, Israel, US, Iran, high ranking defense officials, embassies of various target countries, notable Iran researchers, human rights activists, media and journalists, academic institutions and various scholars, including scientists in the fields of physics and nuclear sciences.
origin (suspected)
🇮🇷Iran· state-sponsoredattribution confidence: medium (50)
target countries (as stated by the source)
Saudi ArabiaVenezuelaAfghanistanUnited Arab Emirates