Threat actor
Patternz
Last fetched
Patternz is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques.
Description
Patternz is an Israeli company that builds geolocation technology derived from advertising data (ADINT) with advanced spyware capabilities. Founded in 2019 by Yoad Gidron, a former technical director at Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, alongside Nimrod Schwartz and Rafi Ton of digital advertising firm NUVIAD, Patternz leverages Mobile Advertising ID (MAID) technology to track individuals' locations in real time and build comprehensive target profiles. This approach is often used to bypass the need for legal warrants and benefits from more flexible export regulations compared to traditional surveillance tools. The company’s platform not only enables precise tracking and profiling but can also issue alerts when a target reaches specific destinations. Patternz is reportedly working on even more advanced solutions, including the integration of spyware capabilities into the ad-tech stack, potentially deploying Trojans through advertising frameworks. In January 2024, the business development firm Improvate The Future (ITF) filed a lawsuit against Patternz for alleged non-payment of services. ITF, which boasts a high-profile advisory board including former Israeli cybersecurity chief Yigal Unna and several ex-prime ministers, had previously facilitated Patternz's participation in international cyber delegations. Udi Doenyas, Patternz’s technical director, is a former architect of NSO Group's Pegasus spyware and has been a key figure in the company’s operations.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for Patternz in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to Patternz today — this states the absence of a published link, not that Patternz has no infrastructure.
References
- https://www.intelligenceonline.com/surveillance--interception/2024/01/26/in-midst-of-ramping-up-offensive-cybertool-development-israel-s-patternz-taken-to-court,110152533-art
- https://www.404media.co/inside-global-phone-spy-tool-patternz-nuviad-real-time-bidding/
- https://sovsys.co/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/PATTERNZ-NATIONAL-SECURITY-PATTERN-DETECTION.pdf
- https://www.reuters.com/article/technology/special-report-cyber-intel-firms-pitch-governments-on-spy-tools-to-trace-corona-idUSKCN22A2G1/
- https://www.404media.co/patternz-phone-spy-tool-pitched-for-riot-detection-in-nyc/
- https://dataleaks.org/2024/01/27/patternz-commercial-surveillance-tool-tracking-billions-via-advertisements/
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Related pages
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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.