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CopyKittens G0052
- Created
- 16 January 2018
- Last modified
- 31 July 2026
- Alias
- CopyKittens
CopyKittens is an Iranian cyber espionage group that has been operating since at least 2013. It has targeted countries including Israel, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the U.S., Jordan, and Germany. The group is responsible for the campaign known as Operation Wilted Tulip.[1][2][3]
8
Techniques26th pct
6
Tactics34th pct
4
Tools & malware55th pct
0
CampaignsNone recorded
Enterprise ATT&CK only. Any Mobile or ICS rows on the same ATT&CK page are not carried.
MITRE reference G0052
CopyKittens has used the AirVPN service for operational activity.5
CopyKittens uses rundll32 to load various tools on victims, including a lateral movement tool named Vminst, Cobalt Strike, and shellcode.6
CopyKittens digitally signed an executable with a stolen certificate from legitimate company AI Squared.7
CopyKittens uses ZPP, a .NET console program, to compress files with ZIP.8
CopyKittens encrypts data with a substitute cipher prior to exfiltration.9
Standing G0052
Reach is how much of ATT&CK this group touches. Coverage is how well defended each thing it does is, as a median per technique rather than a total — a total would just restate the reach. Each figure is ranked against all 176 ATT&CK groups only where that population actually spreads. Where most of the population shares one value, a percentile would rank the tie instead of the entity, so the raw value is shown and no rank is claimed.
Reach
Techniques826th pct
26th percentile · 74% of 176 ATT&CK groups have more Enterprise techniques.
Tactics634th pct
34th percentile · 66% of 176 ATT&CK groups have more tactics spanned.
Tools & malware455th pct
55th percentile · 55% of 176 ATT&CK groups have this many tools and malware or fewer.
Campaigns089% tie · 4 values
89% of the population shares a single value across only 4 distinct values, so a percentile here would rank the tie, not the entity.
Coverage
Rules / technique18.5med49th pct
49th percentile · 51% of 176 ATT&CK groups have more detection rules per technique.
Tests / technique1.5med
Detection coverage G0052
430 distinct rules cover the 8 techniques recorded for this group. The 438 technique-to-rule mappings resolve to 430 distinct rules, because one rule can cover several techniques. 324 Sigma · 106 Splunk.
7 covered by at least one rule1 with no coverage430 distinct rules in total
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