Threat actor
CopyKittens
Last fetched
CopyKittens is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 8 techniques and also known as 2 other names.
Also known as
Slayer Kitten, G0052
Description
[CopyKittens](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0052) is an Iranian cyber espionage group that has been operating since at least 2013. It has targeted countries including Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the U.S., Jordan, and Germany. The group is responsible for the campaign known as Operation Wilted Tulip.(Citation: ClearSky CopyKittens March 2017)(Citation: ClearSky Wilted Tulip July 2017)(Citation: CopyKittens Nov 2015)
Techniques by tactic
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to CopyKittens today — this states the absence of a published link, not that CopyKittens has no infrastructure.
References
- https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/minervaresearchpublic/CopyKittens/CopyKittens.pdf
- https://www.domaintools.com/resources/blog/case-study-hunting-campaign-indicators-on-privacy-protected-attack-infrastr
- http://www.clearskysec.com/copykitten-jpost/
- http://www.clearskysec.com/tulip/
- https://www.cfr.org/interactive/cyber-operations/copykittens
- https://www.clearskysec.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Operation_Wilted_Tulip.pdf
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0052/
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0052
- http://www.clearskysec.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Operation_Wilted_Tulip.pdf
- https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/1903456/Whitepapers/CopyKittens.pdf
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Related pages
Pivot from CopyKittens into its techniques, tactics and any attributed infrastructure.
Queries
Resolves the slug to this actor, merging every duplicate node sharing the same name.
MATCH (a:ACTOR)
WHERE a.name =~ $pattern OR any(x IN a.aliases WHERE x =~ $pattern)
RETURN a.id AS id, a.name AS name, a.aliases AS aliases, a.description AS description,
a.references AS references, a.campaigns AS campaigns
LIMIT 25Techniques this actor uses, grouped by the tactic each one serves.
MATCH (a:ACTOR {name: $name})-[:USES_TECHNIQUE]->(t:ATTACK_PATTERN)
OPTIONAL MATCH (t)-[:USES_TACTIC]->(tac:ATTACK_PATTERN)
RETURN t.id AS techniqueId, t.name AS techniqueName, tac.id AS tacticId, tac.name AS tacticName
LIMIT 1000Infrastructure publicly attributed to this actor.
MATCH (n)-[:ATTRIBUTED_TO]->(a:ACTOR {name: $name})
RETURN labels(n)[0] AS kind, n.name AS name
LIMIT 25Or query Whisper from your own LLM workflow via the Whisper MCP server.