Ajax Security Team is a group that has been active since at least 2010 and believed to be operating out of Iran. By 2014 Ajax Security Team transitioned from website defacement operations to malware-based cyber espionage campaigns targeting the US defense industrial base and Iranian users of anti-censorship technologies.1
- FireEye Operation Saffron Rose 2013
Claims and citations
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| predicate | object | Valid | Conf. | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| also_known_as | Ajax Security Team | — → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| also_known_as | Operation Woolen-Goldfish | — → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| also_known_as | AjaxTM | — → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| also_known_as | Rocket Kitten | — → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| also_known_as | Flying Kitten | — → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| also_known_as | Operation Saffron Rose | — → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1056.001 | 2021 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1566.003 | 2021 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1566.001 | 2021 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1204.002 | 2021 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1555.003 | 2021 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1105 | 2021 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
Technique use
| ATT&CK | Technique | platforms |
|---|---|---|
| T1056.001 | Keylogging | — |
| T1105 | Ingress Tool Transfer | — |
| T1204.002 | Malicious File | — |
| T1555.003 | Credentials from Web Browsers | — |
| T1566.001 | Spearphishing Attachment | — |
| T1566.003 | Spearphishing via Service | — |
Aliases
Ajax Security Team · AjaxTM · Flying Kitten · Operation Saffron Rose · Operation Woolen-Goldfish · Rocket Kitten
Reading and review
Records are auto-ingested and not human-reviewed. Confidence is the writer's 0–100 value; bands split at ≥80 / 50–79 / <50 into high / medium / low. The four trust axes (synthetic, lifecycle, band, source count) stay separate and never merge into one score.