Threat actor
Variston Information Technology
Last fetched
Variston Information Technology is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques.
Description
Variston Information Technology, founded in Barcelona in 2018, develops and distributes spyware and related infrastructure. The company acquired TrueL IT, known for its expertise and exploitation of zero-day vulnerabilities, and works with Protect Electronic Systems to market its products. Variston has also strong ties with Edge Group's cyber subsidiary, a UAE-owned defense company.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for Variston Information Technology in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to Variston Information Technology today — this states the absence of a published link, not that Variston Information Technology has no infrastructure.
References
- https://www.fastcompany.com/91024985/spyware-companies-helping-governments-hack-their-citizens
- https://www.intelligenceonline.com/surveillance--interception/2023/04/07/how-the-wegener-jayaraman-duo-extended-their-cyber-empire-to-the-uae,109932446-art
- https://blog.google/threat-analysis-group/new-details-on-commercial-spyware-vendor-variston/
- https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/29/hackers-variston-spyware-uae-google/
- https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/06/government-hackers-targeted-iphones-owners-with-zero-days-google-says/
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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.