Threat actor
Qosmos
Last fetched
Qosmos is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques.
Description
Qosmos was a French technology company that developed Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) software. It has faced significant scrutiny for reportedly supplying surveillance tools to oppressive regimes, including Bashar al-Assad's government in Syria, confirmed by several investigations. The company's software is capable of monitoring internet traffic, which can be used to track dissidents and suppress opposition. In 2012, French authorities opened a judicial investigation into Qosmos for its potential complicity in crimes against humanity. The company denied selling its products directly to the Assad government but faced accusations of indirectly enabling surveillance through intermediaries. Advocacy groups and human rights organizations have criticized Qosmos for failing to ensure its technology was not misused. In 2016, it was acquired by Swedish company ENEA.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for Qosmos in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to Qosmos today — this states the absence of a published link, not that Qosmos has no infrastructure.
References
- https://ifex.org/building-syrias-surveillance-state-a-privacy-international-investigation/
- https://www.reuters.com/article/technology/france-investigates-tech-firm-accused-of-aiding-syria-idUSL6E8IQN95/
- https://www.fidh.org/en/region/europe-central-asia/france/designation-of-qosmos-as-assisted-witness-constitutes-an-important
- https://theworld.org/stories/2016/07/31/qosmos-tech-company-accused-aiding-syrian-regime
- https://www.enea.com/news/press-releases/enea-completes-acquisition-of-qosmos/
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Related pages
Pivot from Qosmos 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.