Volatile Kitten is an Iranian threat actor credited with the Shamoon wiper. The group is associated with destructive cyber operations, particularly the Shamoon incidents affecting organizations in Saudi Arabia. Available reporting indicates that after the early 2017 Shamoon activity, no further destructive operations were observed from this actor. Based on the confirmed attribution to Shamoon, the actor is best characterized as a destructive, state-aligned Iranian intrusion set rather than a financially motivated criminal group. No additional high-confidence aliases, sub-groups, or broader targeting patterns are directly supported here beyond its association with Shamoon and destructive activity.
Mallory correlates actor tradecraft and target patterns against your stack, your sector, and your geography. See overlap before they land.
Who, where, and (when attributed) which flag flies behind the operation. Pulled from open-source reporting and Mallory's analyst review.
Geographies tied to known operations.
Attributed origin per open-source reporting.
1 sources tracked across advisories and community write-ups. News coverage will land here when it surfaces.
No news coverage yet. Advisories and community discussion only.
Match sector + geo + tech-stack targeting against your real footprint.
Every observed MITRE ATT&CK technique, grouped by tactic.
Families this actor is known to deploy, with IOCs and behavior.
CVEs this actor has used in known campaigns.
YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.
Domains, IPs, and hashes tied to this actor, refreshed continuously.