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Kimera

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THREAT ACTORS

Groups observed using it

2 distinct threat actors attributed by public researchers. Open in Mallory to see the full evidence chain and overlapping campaigns.

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PanchoVilla

The campaign is characterised by a proprietary distributed reconnaissance engine (Kimera) ... Maintains a proprietary distributed reconnaissance framework (Kimera) with parallelised enumeration and automated vulnerability-to-exploitation pipeline.

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MexicanMafia

The campaign is characterised by a proprietary distributed reconnaissance engine (Kimera) ... Maintains a proprietary distributed reconnaissance framework (Kimera) with parallelised enumeration and automated vulnerability-to-exploitation pipeline.

via cloudsekcloudsek.com
MITRE ATT&CK

Techniques & procedures

4 distinct techniques documented for this family, organized by ATT&CK tactic.

Reconnaissance

2 techniques
T1595.001Scanning IP BlocksEvidence1

High-velocity subdomain enumeration via subfinder, assetfinder, findomain and gobuster with 50 threads; dnsx with 200 threads; naabu port scanning at 5,000 pps against government and aviation targets.

T1595.002Vulnerability ScanningEvidence1

Nuclei fed all discovered URLs, scanning all CVE severity levels; dalfox automated XSS hunting; GeoServer WFS endpoint probing.

Resource Development

1 technique
T1587.001MalwareEvidence1

Custom Kimera V1/V2 distributed reconnaissance framework; Xortigate exploit variants; custom SMB protocol handlers ( mysmb.py ); ZipSlip webshell dropper ( mkzip34.py ).

Collection

1 technique
T1119Automated CollectionEvidence1

dump_batch.sh iterating through Oracle tables in 100,000-row increments; SAP XML bulk-credential extraction; Kimera automated pipeline from discovery to exploitation triage.

INDICATORS OF COMPROMISE

IOCs tracked for this family

3 indicators attributed across vendor reports, sandbox runs, and researcher write-ups. Full values are available in Mallory.

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Network
3 tracked

IPs, domains, and DNS infrastructure linked to this family.

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IOC matching3

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Threat actor attribution2

Named campaigns wielding this family, with evidence pinned to each claim.

Exploited vulnerabilities

CVEs this family uses for access and lateral movement.

Detection signatures

YARA, Sigma, Snort, and vendor rules, auto-deployed to your SIEM.

MITRE ATT&CK mapping4

Every documented technique, ranked by evidence weight.

Researcher chatter

Reddit, Mastodon, and CTI community discussion around this family.