Threat actor
EDGE
Last fetched
EDGE is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques.
Description
EDGE, officially known as "EDGE Group," is a prominent defense conglomerate headquartered in Abu Dhabi, UAE. It was established in November 2019 as part of the UAE government's efforts to consolidate and modernize the country's defense industry. In 2022, it absorbed Digital14, a cybersecurity firm based in the Abu Dhabi and which had resumed the operations of DarkMatter, which operated under the codename Project Raven. Project Raven employed former NSA operatives and other foreign contractors to conduct hacking and surveillance activities, often targeting individuals and entities deemed as threats to the UAE government, such as journalists and human rights activists. In 2024, Edge partnered with the São Paulo State Government on a surveillance project called "Crystal Ball."
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for EDGE in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to EDGE today — this states the absence of a published link, not that EDGE has no infrastructure.
References
- https://www.defensehere.com/en/edge-group-in-partnership-with-brazilian-state-on-public-security
- https://www.intelligenceonline.com/surveillance--interception/2022/08/25/after-the-takeover-of-cyber-specialist-digital14-edge-heads-into-asia,109806823-eve
- https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-05-10/in-sao-paulo-big-brother-is-watching-with-25000-cameras-and-facial-recognition-technology.html
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Related pages
Pivot from EDGE 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.