Flash Kitten
- First seen
- 2016-12-01 00:00:00
- Primary motivation
- espionage
- Sophistication
- intermediate
- Resource level
- government
- Actor type
- nation-state
- Profile updated
- 2026-07-07 11:51:35
Targeted industries: government-and-public-sector media-and-entertainment technology-and-telecommunications
Targeted regions: country_code:ir country_code:sa country_code:ae
Context
This suspected Iran-based adversary conducted long-running SWC campaigns from December 2016 until public disclosure in July 2018. Like other Iran-based actors, the target scope for FLASH KITTEN appears to be focused on the MENA region.
Reports & references
- CrowdStrike — 2019 Crowdstrike Global Threat Report (report)