Charming Kitten
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reference profile · reported nexus: IR (not nationality)
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.
Source-reported aliases: Newscaster, Parastoo, iKittens, Group 83, NewsBeef, G0058, CharmingCypress, Mint Sandstorm. Associations do not prove equivalence.
Target geography
Catalog-listed countries (associations, not attack counts): 
Saudi Arabia · 
Israel · 
Iraq · 
United Kingdom
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.
No assigned review window.
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Newscaster
https://iranthreats.github.io/resources/macdownloader-macos-malware/
https://cryptome.org/2012/11/parastoo-hacks-iaea.htm
https://securelist.com/files/2017/03/Report_Shamoon_StoneDrill_final.pdf
https://securelist.com/blog/software/74503/freezer-paper-around-free-meat/
https://www.verfassungsschutz.de/download/broschuere-2016-10-bfv-cyber-brief-2016-04.pdf
https://www.cfr.org/interactive/cyber-operations/newscaster
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/29/iranian-hackers-sucker-punch-us-defense-heads-crea/
https://securelist.com/freezer-paper-around-free-meat/74503/
https://blog.certfa.com/posts/the-return-of-the-charming-kitten/
https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2019/03/27/new-steps-to-protect-customers-from-hacking/