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Keymous

Also known askeymous

Keymous is an Iranian-aligned threat actor referenced in reporting on the 2026 regional cyber escalation tied to the Israel-Iran conflict. The group was identified alongside DieNet and APT IRAN in a systematic campaign against Gulf states perceived as politically aligned with Israel or the United States, specifically Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Kuwait. Reported activity attributed to Keymous includes declaring daily targets across Kuwait and Saudi Arabia and claiming compromises of ministries of Finance, Oil, and Education. The group also claimed exfiltration of more than 300,000 records from Israel’s Ministry of Education internal portal. Based on the provided content, Keymous appears to participate in politically motivated intrusion and data theft operations targeting government entities in the Gulf and Israel. Known alias in the provided content: keymous.

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OPERATIONAL PROFILE

Targeting

Who, where, and (when attributed) which flag flies behind the operation. Pulled from open-source reporting and Mallory's analyst review.

Who they target

Sectors the actor has been observed targeting.

  • Government & Administration
  • Energy

Where they target

Geographies tied to known operations.

  • 🇰🇼 Kuwait
  • 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia
  • 🇯🇴 Jordan
  • 🇧🇭 Bahrain

Where they're from

Attributed origin per open-source reporting.

  • IR
MITRE ATT&CK

Tradecraft

5 distinct techniques observed across reporting, grouped by tactic. Hover any cell for the evidence excerpt; click through for MITRE's full description.

3 of 15 tactics6 techniques×N= number of intelligence reports citing this technique
MITRE ATT&CK
TA0009
Collection
1 technique
T1213
Data from Information Repositories
TA0010
Exfiltration
1 technique
T1567
Exfiltration Over Web Service
T1567.003
Exfiltration to Text Storage Sites
TA0040
Impact
2 techniques
T1498
Network Denial of Service
T1498.001
Direct Network Flood
T1499
Endpoint Denial of Service
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