UNC6446
UNC6446 is an Iranian-nexus threat actor. The provided content links it to cyber operations targeting aerospace and defense organizations across the U.S. and the Middle East. Reported tradecraft includes abusing hiring and recruitment workflows, including job portals, malicious resume-builder applications, and personality test applications, to distribute custom malware to workers in the aerospace and defense sectors. The content also places UNC6446 among pre-existing Iran-linked actors active in campaigns involving phishing, exploitation of public-facing servers, and information theft targeting Israeli, U.S., and regional networks. No additional confirmed aliases or sub-groups are provided in the content.
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Targeting
Who, where, and (when attributed) which flag flies behind the operation. Pulled from open-source reporting and Mallory's analyst review.
Where they target
Geographies tied to known operations.
- 🇮🇱 Israel
- 🇺🇸 United States
Where they're from
Attributed origin per open-source reporting.
- IR
Tradecraft
5 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.
Associated malware families
4 malware families attributed to this actor across reporting.
Recent activity
7 sources tracked across advisories, community write-ups, and news. New activity surfaces here as Mallory finds it.
Referenced as a named activity cluster participating in phishing, data theft, and server exploitation in the context of the regional hybrid conflict.
Named as part of the pre-existing APT landscape active prior to Feb 28; associated activity described as phishing, exploitation of public servers, and information theft targeting Israeli, US, and regional networks.
Named activity cluster referenced in Iran-linked pre-conflict cyber operations targeting Israeli, US, and regional networks.
Iran-linked cluster described as abusing hiring workflows (resume apps) to deliver malware to aerospace and defense targets.
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Every observed MITRE ATT&CK technique, grouped by tactic.
Families this actor is known to deploy, with IOCs and behavior.
CVEs this actor has used in known campaigns.
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