Threat actor
Volatile Cedar
Last fetched
Volatile Cedar is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 5 techniques and also known as 2 other names.
Also known as
Lebanese Cedar, DeftTorero
Description
[Volatile Cedar](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0123) is a Lebanese threat group that has targeted individuals, companies, and institutions worldwide. [Volatile Cedar](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0123) has been operating since 2012 and is motivated by political and ideological interests.(Citation: CheckPoint Volatile Cedar March 2015)(Citation: ClearSky Lebanese Cedar Jan 2021)
Techniques by tactic
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to Volatile Cedar today — this states the absence of a published link, not that Volatile Cedar has no infrastructure.
References
- https://blog.checkpoint.com/2015/03/31/volatilecedar/
- https://blog.checkpoint.com/2015/06/09/new-data-volatile-cedar/
- https://securelist.com/sinkholing-volatile-cedar-dga-infrastructure/69421/
- https://www.clearskysec.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Lebanese-Cedar-APT.pdf
- https://media.kasperskycontenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/43/2015/03/20082004/volatile-cedar-technical-report.pdf
- https://securelist.com/defttorero-tactics-techniques-and-procedures/107610/
- https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0123
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Related pages
Pivot from Volatile Cedar 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.