216.73.217.22

Ajax Security Team

· Published 16/12/2025 19:39 · Modified 27/03/2026 01:13 · Source: The MITRE Corporation

Essential information

Confidence
100/100
Published
16/12/2025 19:39
Modified
27/03/2026 01:13
Updated at
27/03/2026 01:13
Revoked
No
Author / Source
The MITRE Corporation
Resource level
—
Primary motivation
—
Related entities
6 attack patterns (mitre), 2 tool

Aliases

Operation Woolen-Goldfish AjaxTM Rocket Kitten Flying Kitten Operation Saffron Rose

Description

[Ajax Security Team](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0130) is a group that has been active since at least 2010 and believed to be operating out of Iran. By 2014 [Ajax Security Team](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0130) transitioned from website defacement operations to malware-based cyber espionage campaigns targeting the US defense industrial base and Iranian users of anti-censorship technologies.(Citation: FireEye Operation Saffron Rose 2013)

Marking (TLP)

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External references

Related entities

Attack patterns, malware, vulnerabilities, indicators and other entities linked to this intrusion set.

Attack patterns (MITRE) (6)

Tool (2)

  • sqlmap uses
    The MITRE Corporation Confidence 100

    [sqlmap](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0225) is an open source penetration testing tool that can be used to automate the process of detecting and exploiting SQL injection flaws. (Citation: sqlmap Introduction)

    Published 16/12/2025 19:37 · Modified 27/03/2026 01:07
  • Havij uses
    The MITRE Corporation Confidence 100

    [Havij](https://attack.mitre.org/software/S0224) is an automatic SQL Injection tool distributed by the Iranian ITSecTeam security company. Havij has been used by penetration testers and adversaries. (Citation: Check Point Havij Analysis)

    Published 18/04/2018 19:59 · Modified 27/03/2026 01:07