Ajax Security Team

APT / StateG0130
Origin🇮🇷 Irã
Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK)6
SourceMITRE ATT&CK
State sponsor: Iran (Islamic Republic of)Attribution confidence: 50%Target categories: Military, Civil society
Targeted regions: United States · Iranian internet activists
Also known as:AjaxTMFlying KittenGroup 26Operation Saffron RoseOperation Woolen-GoldfishRocket KittenSaffron RoseSaffronRoseSayad

Vexday analysis

Ativo desde pelo menos 2010 e de origem iraniana, o Ajax Security Team — também referenciado como Rocket Kitten, Flying Kitten, Operation Woolen-Goldfish, Operation Saffron Rose e AjaxTM (G0130) — migrou de operações de desfiguração de sites para campanhas de espionagem cibernética baseadas em malware direcionadas à base industrial de defesa dos Estados Unidos e a usuários iranianos de tecnologias de burla à censura. O grupo possui 6 técnicas documentadas no MITRE ATT&CK.

Attack chain

Plausible scenario built from the group's real techniques, ordered by the phases of an attack. Each step shows how the group typically operates.

Arsenal severity17
Impact: High
T1566.001T1204.002T1555.003ENTRYInitial accessSpearphishingAttachmentEXECExecutionMalicious FileCREDCredential accessCredentials fromWeb BrowsersCOLLCollectionKeylogging

Illustrative chain derived from techniques documented in MITRE ATT&CK — it does not represent a specific past attack. Severity summarizes the known arsenal (kill-chain coverage, actively exploited CVEs, techniques).

Techniques (MITRE ATT&CK) 6

How the group operates, mapped to the MITRE ATT&CK matrix and organized by the phases of an attack.

Exploited vulnerabilities

No CVEs attributed to this group in public sources (MITRE ATT&CK). Absence of attribution does not mean absence of activity.

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