Threat actor
Molerats
Last fetched
Molerats is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 16 techniques and also known as 9 other names.
Also known as
Gaza Hackers Team, Gaza cybergang, Gaza Cybergang, Operation Molerats, Extreme Jackal, Moonlight, ALUMINUM SARATOGA, G0021, BLACKSTEM
Description
[Molerats](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0021) is an Arabic-speaking, politically-motivated threat group that has been operating since 2012. The group's victims have primarily been in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.(Citation: DustySky)(Citation: DustySky2)(Citation: Kaspersky MoleRATs April 2019)(Citation: Cybereason Molerats Dec 2020)
Techniques by tactic
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to Molerats today — this states the absence of a published link, not that Molerats has no infrastructure.
References
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2013/08/operation-molerats-middle-east-cyber-attacks-using-poison-ivy.html
- https://ti.360.net/blog/articles/suspected-molerats-new-attack-in-the-middle-east/
- https://ti.360.net/blog/articles/suspected-molerats-new-attack-in-the-middle-east-en/
- https://middle-east-online.com/en/cyber-war-gaza-hackers-deface-israel-fire-service-website
- https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2014/06/molerats-here-for-spring.html
- https://pwc.blogs.com/cyber_security_updates/2015/04/attacks-against-israeli-palestinian-interests.html
- https://www.vectra.ai/blogpost/moonlight-middle-east-targeted-attacks
- https://securelist.com/gaza-cybergang-wheres-your-ir-team/72283/
- https://www.clearskysec.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Operation%20DustySky_TLP_WHITE.pdf
- https://www.clearskysec.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Operation-DustySky2_-6.2016_TLP_White.pdf
- https://securelist.com/gaza-cybergang-updated-2017-activity/82765/
- https://www.kaspersky.com/blog/gaza-cybergang/26363/
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0021/
- https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles/aluminum-saratoga
- https://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/tool-of-first-resort-israel-hamas-war-cyber.pdf
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0021
- http://www.clearskysec.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Operation-DustySky2_-6.2016_TLP_White.pdf
- https://www.cybereason.com/hubfs/dam/collateral/reports/Molerats-in-the-Cloud-New-Malware-Arsenal-Abuses-Cloud-Platforms-in-Middle-East-Espionage-Campaign.pdf
- https://securelist.com/gaza-cybergang-group1-operation-sneakypastes/90068/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20201031075438/https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2013/08/operation-molerats-middle-east-cyber-attacks-using-poison-ivy.html
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Related pages
Pivot from Molerats 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.