APT39
No sourced public emblem in this profile.
reference profile · reported nexus: IR (not nationality)
APT39 was created to bring together previous activities and methods used by this actor, and its activities largely align with a group publicly referred to as "Chafer." However, there are differences in what has been publicly reported due to the variances in how organizations track activity. APT39 primarily leverages the SEAWEED and CACHEMONEY backdoors along with a specific variant of the POWBAT backdoor. While APT39's targeting scope is global, its activities are concentrated in the Middle East. APT39 has prioritized the telecommunications sector, with additional targeting of the travel industry and IT firms that support it and the high-tech industry.
Source-reported aliases: Chafer, REMIX KITTEN, COBALT HICKMAN, G0087, Radio Serpens, TA454, ITG07, Burgundy Sandstorm, CINDER ION. Associations do not prove equivalence.
Target geography
Catalog-listed countries (associations, not attack counts): No country-level metadata
No bound claim-post feed for this label.
Historical casebook
No dated record curated yet; absence does not establish inactivity.
Planned Kinwilder coverage
Tentative editorial review windows, contingent on evidence and review; not promised publication dates or predictions of attacks.
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References
https://www.symantec.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/chafer-latest-attacks-reveal-heightened-ambitions
https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/new-python-based-payload-mechaflounder-used-by-chafer/
https://securelist.com/chafer-used-remexi-malware/89538/
https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0087/
https://go.crowdstrike.com/rs/281-OBQ-266/images/Report2020CrowdStrikeGlobalThreatReport.pdf
https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles/cobalt-hickman
https://unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/atoms/radioserpens/
https://securityintelligence.com/posts/observations-of-itg07-cyber-operations/
https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/updated-cyber-threat-actor-naming-system/