Apt35

May 16, 2023

APT35 (also known as Charming Kitten, Phosphorus, Newscaster, and more) is an Iranian state-sponsored cyber-espionage group that primarily targets governmental organizations, defense contractors, research institutions, and human rights activists. The group’s sophisticated cyber attacks use a variety of tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) such as spear-phishing, social engineering, and malware deployment to obtain data from targets.


In our latest Spotlight, we go in deep, learning about APT35’s advanced capabilities, its attack history, the TTPs it uses, and defense tips for protecting organizations against emerging threats. Dive in to the APT35 Spotlight now.

Past campaigns

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CVE-2024-38063

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RegreSSHION

Master regreSSHion: Protect Your Systems from Critical Exploits RegreSSHion (CVE-2024-6387) is a severe vulnerability that grants unauthenticated attackers root privileges on vulnerable machines. This is […]

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Argo CD

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Cut the Ticket

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Ivanti’s Zero-day Predicament

In January 2024, a critical zero-day exploit sent shockwaves through the cybersecurity landscape. Attackers targeted Ivanti products, exploiting a combination of vulnerabilities that had been […]

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Operation Triangulation

Kaspersky’s discovery of “Operation Triangulation”, a complex cyber-attack leveraging multiple iOS vulnerabilities, has rocked the cybersecurity landscape. This unit delves into Operation Triangulation’s attack chain, […]

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QuasarRat with DLL Sideloading

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Scattered Spider

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QuiteRat

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APT40

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Horabot

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The MOVEit Transfer Vulnerability

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Outlook – Out

In March 2023, Microsoft published a critical update notifying users of a vulnerability affecting Microsoft Outlook. This vulnerability (CVE-2023-23397) is exploitable by attackers on Windows-based […]

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Beep Malware

Only recently discovered, “Beep” malware is already making headlines in the world of cybersecurity. Designed to fly under the radar of security software with a […]

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ChatGPT

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Agent Tesla

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AWS Lambda

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Adversary in the Middle

Multifactor Authentication (MFA) is a popular and crucial security concept used by organizations worldwide. However, it is not invulnerable. A good example of threats to […]

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Exchange ProxyNotShell Vulnerability

In early August 2022, the Vietnam-based Cybersecurity company GTSC, discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Exchange platform, which received the name “ProxyNotShell”. The Zero […]

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Shikata-Ga-Nai

Metasploit is one of the most widely used exploit frameworks globally; threat actors, penetration testers and red teams alike use it, as it is completely […]

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GoWebfuscator

In the never-ending war between cyber criminals and defense teams across the globe, adversaries continue to develop innovative methods to penetrate organizations. One of the […]

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Cuba Ransomware

“Tropical Scorpius”, a group of threat actors associated with the Cuba Ransomware (aka COLDDRAW), was recently observed deploying the malware with previously undocumented tactics, techniques, […]

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ChromeLoader

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Magniber via fake Windows updates

Magnibar via Fake Windows Updates

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Brute Ratel C4

Brute Ratel C4

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BluStealer

BluStealer

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Matanbuchus – malware-as-a-service

Matanbuchus is a malware-as-a-service that first surfaced back in 2021 but has since resurfaced; threat researchers recently discovered a malicious phishing campaign that spreads the […]

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Symbiote Malware

Intezer and the BlackBerry Research and Intelligence Team recently published their comprehensive research on Symbiote, a highly evasive Linux malware. Appropriately named after the biological […]

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Conti – Ransomware as a service program

Conti is a ransomware-as-a-service program and is one of the most prolific ransomwares of the past year. In what is believed to have been an […]

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Interview – BCC Grupo Cajamar – ICL

Out of over 200 teams, BCC Grupo Cajamar’s cyber defense team, “Blue’s Boys”, was one of only 13 teams to make it to the finals. […]

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And the next stop is – root privileges!

And the next stop is – root privileges! Microsoft has recently discovered several vulnerabilities, collectively referred to as Nimbuspwn. This lethal combination could allow an […]

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Jester Stealer

Jester Stealer – the clown that will make you cry.

Microsoft’s recently discovered vulnerabilities, collectively referred to as ‘Nimbuspwn’, could allow attackers to elevate privileges to root level privileges (the highest level privileges e.g., administrator) […]

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The End of TrickBot

The malware of many tricks and no treats In 2016, the threat group Wizard Spider developed TrickBot – a highly modular banking trojan believed to […]

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