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An extensive surveillance operation targets specific groups of individuals with malicious mobile apps that collect sensitive information on the device along with surrounding voice recordings. Researchers with CheckPoint discovered the attack and named it Domestic Kitten. The targets are Kurdish and Turkish natives, and ISIS supporters, all Iranian citizens.
| 2022-10-20 ⋅ Bleeping Computer ⋅ Hacking group updates Furball Android spyware to evade detection FurBall |
| 2021-02-08 ⋅ Checkpoint ⋅ Domestic Kitten – An Inside Look at the Iranian Surveillance Operations FurBall |
| 2019-11-18 ⋅ Qianxin ⋅ Surprised by Julius the Great! Disclosure of Cyrus attacks against Iran FurBall |
| 2019-10-02 ⋅ Virus Bulletin ⋅ Domestic Kitten: an Iranian surveillance program FurBall |
| 2019-06-18 ⋅ Trend Micro ⋅ Mobile Campaign ‘Bouncing Golf’ Affects Middle East (IoCs) FurBall |
| 2019-06-18 ⋅ Trend Micro ⋅ Mobile Campaign ‘Bouncing Golf’ Affects Middle East FurBall |
| 2018-09-07 ⋅ Bleeping Computer ⋅ Domestic Kitten APT Operates in Silence Since 2016 FurBall Domestic Kitten |