Threat Group Cards: A Threat Actor Encyclopedia

Names	GreenCharlie (Recorded Future)
Country	Iran
Sponsor	State-sponsored, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
Motivation	Information theft and espionage
First seen	2020
Description	(Recorded Future) In August 2024, open sources revealed that US political campaign officials and affiliates were targeted as part of Mint Sandstorm and APT 42 operations. In this report, we discuss threat activity associated with the Iran-nexus group we track as GreenCharlie, which overlaps with Magic Hound, APT 35, Cobalt Illusion, Charming Kitten. Recorded Future has tracked Iran-linked GreenCharlie activity and malicious infrastructure since 2020. Our global Network Intelligence capability has allowed us to identify and track a large and rapidly evolving cluster of infrastructure used to support GreenCharlie cyber-espionage campaigns. Now, we have been able to link this network to the recent targeting of US political campaigns.
Observed	Countries: USA.
Tools used	GORBLE, NOKNOK, POWERSTAR, TAMECAT.
Information	<https://go.recordedfuture.com/hubfs/reports/cta-ir-2024-0820.pdf>

Last change to this card: 23 October 2024

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