Date of report
- February 2022
Affiliations
- Believed to be the work of Palestine's government
The Palestinian threat actor Molerats targeted Middle Eastern governments, foreign policy think tanks, and a state-affiliated airline with spear-phishing emails containing a remote access Trojan. To avoid detection, Molerats used geofencing and URL redirects to legitimate sites. The hackers masqueraded as the site Quora and also created target-specific lures that it delivered to organizations in the form of Dropbox and WordPress URLs.
Suspected victims
- Middle Eastern governments, foreign policy think tanks, and a state-affiliated airline
Suspected state sponsor
- Palestine, State of
Type of incident
- Espionage
Victim government reaction
- Unknown