Threat Actor Profile
High
APT
Description
Leafminer is an Iranian threat group that has targeted government organizations and business entities in the Middle East since at least early 2017. (Citation: Symantec Leafminer July 2018)
Confidence Score
Known Aliases
Leafminer
Raspite
Tags
mitre-attack
stix-2.1
intrusion-set
First Seen
Unknown
Last Updated
Unknown
Active Status
ActiveCreated
April 29, 2026
MITRE ATT&CK Techniques (17)
Indicators of Compromise
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STIX Data
{'aliases': ['Leafminer', 'Raspite'],
'created': '2018-10-17T00:14:20.652Z',
'created_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
'description': '[Leafminer](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0077) is an '
'Iranian threat group that has targeted government '
'organizations and business entities in the Middle East since '
'at least early 2017. (Citation: Symantec Leafminer July 2018)',
'external_references': [{'external_id': 'G0077',
'source_name': 'mitre-attack',
'url': 'https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G0077'},
{'description': '(Citation: Dragos Raspite Aug 2018)',
'source_name': 'Raspite'},
{'description': '(Citation: Symantec Leafminer July '
'2018)',
'source_name': 'Leafminer'},
{'description': 'Dragos, Inc. (2018, August 2). '
'RASPITE. Retrieved November 26, '
'2018.',
'source_name': 'Dragos Raspite Aug 2018',
'url': 'https://www.dragos.com/blog/20180802Raspite.html'},
{'description': 'Symantec Security Response. (2018, '
'July 25). Leafminer: New Espionage '
'Campaigns Targeting Middle Eastern '
'Regions. Retrieved August 28, 2018.',
'source_name': 'Symantec Leafminer July 2018',
'url': 'https://www.symantec.com/blogs/threat-intelligence/leafminer-espionage-middle-east'}],
'id': 'intrusion-set--32bca8ff-d900-4877-aa65-d70baa041b74',
'modified': '2025-04-16T20:37:33.912Z',
'name': 'Leafminer',
'object_marking_refs': ['marking-definition--fa42a846-8d90-4e51-bc29-71d5b4802168'],
'revoked': False,
'spec_version': '2.1',
'type': 'intrusion-set',
'x_mitre_attack_spec_version': '3.2.0',
'x_mitre_deprecated': False,
'x_mitre_domains': ['enterprise-attack'],
'x_mitre_modified_by_ref': 'identity--c78cb6e5-0c4b-4611-8297-d1b8b55e40b5',
'x_mitre_version': '2.4'}