Nimbus Manticore

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MITRE G1014Also known as Screening Serpens, UNC1549, Smoke Sandstorm, Nimbus Manticore, GalaxyGato, Mirage Kitten, Subtle Snail, Iranian Dream Job, Tortoiseshell, Imperial Kitten, Unyielding Wasp
Reports
13
First seen
Oct 1, 2025
Last seen
Sep 1, 2026
Motivation
Espionage

Relationships

Filled ◆ = CVE exploited in the wild. Entities that appear together in Signalis reporting — co-mention, not confirmed collaboration. Reports naming many actors at once (weekly roundups) are excluded from relationship edges.

Targeting

Top ATT&CK techniques

T1566 Phishing ×11T1041 Exfiltration Over C2 Channel ×6T1059.001 PowerShell ×5T1566.002 Phishing: Spearphishing Link ×5T1110 Brute Force ×5T1087 Account Discovery ×5T1598 Phishing for Information ×4T1071.001 Application Layer Protocol: Web Protocols ×4T1547 Boot or Logon Autostart Execution ×4T1195 Supply Chain Compromise ×4T1005 Data from Local System ×3T1083 File and Directory Discovery ×3

Indicators

filename ×40domain ×31cve ×21hash_sha256 ×12ip_v4 ×4hash_md5 ×1email ×1

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Associated CVEs

Recent reports

High

Iranian Nimbus Manticore Uses Recruiter Lures to Deliver Cross-Platform RATs

The Hacker News
High

31 August Threat Intelligence Report – Multiple Breaches, Critical Vulnerabilities, AI Threats

Check Point Research
High

Nimbus Manticore Expands Toolset With TWOSTROKE-Like Backdoor and SSH Tunneler

The Hacker News
High

Nimbus Manticore Deploys NightLedger Backdoor and Covert Relay Tools Across Middle East, Africa, and South Asia

The Hacker News
High

Iran War Cyber Threat Landscape | Midyear Assessment

SentinelOne Labs
High

AI Has Enhanced Iran's Asymmetric Playbook During the 2026 Conflict

Recorded Future Insikt
High

ThreatsDay Bulletin: Weekly threat roundup covering infostealers, supply chain attacks, AI security risks, and endpoint defense evasion

The Hacker News
Critical

Check Point Threat Intelligence Report – June 2025 Breaches, Vulnerabilities, and AI Threats

Check Point Research
High

Iranian Nimbus Manticore Deploys MiniFast and MiniJunk V2 via Phishing and SEO Poisoning

The Hacker News
High

Check Point Threat Intelligence Report – 25 May 2026

Check Point Research
High

Nimbus Manticore Operations During Iranian Conflict: MiniFast Backdoor & AI-Assisted Malware

Check Point Research
High

Screening Serpens APT: Iran-Nexus Group Escalates 2026 Espionage with Six New RAT Variants

Palo Alto Unit 42
High

CERT-EU Cyber Brief September 2025 – Multi-Sector Threats Across Europe

CERT-EU Threat Intel

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