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Domestic Kitten

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reference profile · reported nexus: IR (not nationality)

An extensive surveillance operation targets specific groups of individuals with malicious mobile apps that collect sensitive information on the device along with surrounding voice recordings. Researchers with CheckPoint discovered the attack and named it Domestic Kitten. The targets are Kurdish and Turkish natives, and ISIS supporters, all Iranian citizens.

Source-reported aliases: Bouncing Golf, APT-C-50. Associations do not prove equivalence.

Target geography

Catalog-listed countries (associations, not attack counts): No country-level metadata

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References

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https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/domestic-kitten-apt-operates-in-silence-since-2016/

https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/research/19/f/mobile-cyberespionage-campaign-bouncing-golf-affects-middle-east.html

https://www.welivesecurity.com/2022/10/20/domestic-kitten-campaign-spying-iranian-citizens-furball-malware/

https://research.checkpoint.com/2021/domestic-kitten-an-inside-look-at-the-iranian-surveillance-operations/

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