Molerats is an Arabic-speaking, politically-motivated threat group that has been operating since 2012. The group's victims have primarily been in the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.1234
- DustySky
- DustySky2
- Kaspersky MoleRATs April 2019
- Cybereason Molerats Dec 2020
Claims and citations
Every claim comes from a writer; provenance is the writer's assertion, not a review verdict from this directory. Validity reads by citation year.
| predicate | object | Valid | Conf. | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| also_known_as | Molerats | — → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| also_known_as | Operation Molerats | — → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| also_known_as | Gaza Cybergang | — → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1218.007 | 2017 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1204.001 | 2017 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1105 | 2017 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1553.002 | 2017 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1027.015 | 2017 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1053.005 | 2017 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1140 | 2017 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1566.001 | 2017 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1057 | 2017 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1566.002 | 2017 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1555.003 | 2017 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1547.001 | 2017 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1059.001 | 2017 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1059.005 | 2017 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1059.007 | 2017 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
| uses_technique | tech_t1204.002 | 2017 → … | 100 | src_mitre_attck_enterprise |
Technique use
| ATT&CK | Technique | platforms |
|---|---|---|
| T1027.015 | Compression | — |
| T1053.005 | Scheduled Task | — |
| T1057 | Process Discovery | — |
| T1059.001 | PowerShell | — |
| T1059.005 | Visual Basic | — |
| T1059.007 | JavaScript | — |
| T1105 | Ingress Tool Transfer | — |
| T1140 | Deobfuscate/Decode Files or Information | — |
| T1204.001 | Malicious Link | — |
| T1204.002 | Malicious File | — |
| T1218.007 | Msiexec | — |
| T1547.001 | Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder | — |
| T1553.002 | Code Signing | — |
| T1555.003 | Credentials from Web Browsers | — |
| T1566.001 | Spearphishing Attachment | — |
| T1566.002 | Spearphishing Link | — |
Aliases
Gaza Cybergang · Molerats · Operation Molerats
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.