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Moses StaffG1009 hacktivist

🇮🇷 IR

aka Moses Staff, DEV-0500, Marigold Sandstorm, MosesStaff, VENGEFUL KITTEN

Last updated: 2026-08-20

0attributed CVEs
20ATT&CK techniques
0.0IDF score (tooling uniqueness)
0exclusive CVEs
—years active

About this actor

[Moses Staff](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1009) is a suspected Iranian threat group that has primarily targeted Israeli companies since at least September 2021. [Moses Staff](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1009) openly stated their motivation in attacking Israeli companies is to cause damage by leaking stolen sensitive data and encrypting the victim's networks without a ransom demand.(Citation: Checkpoint MosesStaff Nov 2021) Security researchers assess [Moses Staff](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1009) is politically motivated, and has targeted government, finance, travel, energy, manufacturing, and utility companies outside of Israel as well, including those in Italy, India, Germany, Chile, Turkey, the UAE, and the US.(Citation: Cybereason StrifeWater Feb 2022)

Source: MITRE ATT&CK

Names & naming systems

Each vendor coins its own name for the same actor. Where a name follows a known scheme we attribute it; the rest are listed honestly as unclassified.

MITRE ATT&CKG-number catalogue id

G1009

Microsoftweather-system names

Marigold Sandstorm

CrowdStrikenation-animal names

VENGEFUL KITTEN

Unclassifiedno scheme matched

Moses StaffDEV-0500MosesStaff

How we know this

Data origin
MITRE ATT&CK Imported from the MITRE ATT&CK STIX bundle as an intrusion-set object.
Techniques
MITRE ATT&CK STIX mappings — 20 ATT&CK techniques on file.
Named victims
None on file.

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Activity timeline

No activity events recorded.

Profile

CVERiskCVSSEPSSPublishedProducts
No attributed CVEs.

Mitigating controls (NIST 800-53)

ControlTechniques coveredCoverage
CM-611 / 2055%
SI-411 / 2055%
CM-79 / 2045%
AC-28 / 2040%
AC-38 / 2040%
CM-28 / 2040%
AC-67 / 2035%
AC-56 / 2030%
CM-56 / 2030%
IA-25 / 2025%
SI-35 / 2025%
SI-75 / 2025%
CA-74 / 2020%
AC-43 / 2015%
CM-83 / 2015%

Co-occurring actors

None.

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