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ALUMINUM SARATOGA is a threat group that self-styles as the Gaza Hackers Team and is assessed with moderate confidence to be of Palestinian origin. The group has been active since at least 2011 and operates primarily against targets in the Middle East and North Africa. Public reporting tracks this actor as Molerats and Dusty Sky / Operation DustySky; additional aliases mentioned in the content include Gaza Cybergang, Extreme Jackal, TA402, APT-C-23, Arid Viper, and Desert Falcon. The group is associated with targeted spearphishing operations, as well as disruptive activity including DDoS attacks and website defacements. Reported tooling includes publicly available remote access tools and malware such as PoisonIvy, XtremeRAT, QuasarRAT, DarkComet, BlackShades, NimbleMamba, BrittleBush, LastConn, and Micropsia. A campaign spanning late 2021 to early 2022 used phishing lures delivered through actor-controlled infrastructure and Dropbox links and deployed NimbleMamba and BrittleBush.
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2 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.
9 malware families attributed to this actor across reporting.
4 additional families tracked in Mallory.
1 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
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