Threat actor
Polus Tech
Last fetched
Polus Tech is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques.
Description
Polus Tech is a Swiss-based company that develops and distributes surveillance technology, including IMSI catchers, which are devices capable of intercepting and tracking mobile phone communications. The company is led by Niv Karmi, a former co-founder of NSO Group. In 2020, Polus Tech exported surveillance equipment worth 2.2 million Swiss francs to Indonesia.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for Polus Tech in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to Polus Tech today — this states the absence of a published link, not that Polus Tech has no infrastructure.
References
- https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3261920/indonesias-rights-groups-call-transparency-nations-purchases-foreign-spyware-anyone-can-be-target
- https://www.woz.ch/2140/pegasus-spionageskandal/der-dritte-mann
- https://magz.tempo.co/read/law/41854/interview-with-niv-karmi
- https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-even-if-nso-goes-cyberattack-is-here-to-stay-1001392319
- https://www.tempo.co/arsip/soal-alat-sadap-imsi-catcher-di-indonesia-ini-kata-bos-polus-tech-62038
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Queries
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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 25Run yourself →Techniques 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 1000Run yourself →Infrastructure publicly attributed to this actor.
MATCH (n)-[:ATTRIBUTED_TO]->(a:ACTOR {name: $name})
RETURN labels(n)[0] AS kind, n.name AS name
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