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Mirage Kitten targets Middle East and Africa region with new malware
By Omar Amin, Vasily Berdnikov
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Introduction
Mirage Kitten – also known as UNC1549, Smoke Sandstorm, and Nimbus Manticore – is an advanced persistent threat (APT) group focused on cyber-espionage operations against aerospace, aviation, defense, and telecommunications sectors across the Middle East and Africa, using highly targeted spear-phishing campaigns, fake recruitment portals, and custom multi-stage malware to gain persistent access and exfiltrate sensitive data. During recent threat research, we identified a previously undocumented malware set developed and used by Mirage Kitten. The toolset inc…
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