# COBALT JUNO: threat group profile

> COBALT JUNO is a threat group. Public reporting about it is still limited. This free profile brings together what is known about it, so you can judge the risk to you. It lists the other names the group goes by and links to every public report behind it.

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## At a glance

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Attack techniques | 0 |
| Thought to operate from | Not known |
| Other names | 3 |
| Public reports | 1 |

## Who is COBALT JUNO?

COBALT JUNO is a threat group. Public reporting about it is still limited.

### Also known as

APT-C-38 (QiAnXin), SABER LION, TG-2884 (SCWX CTU)

Security companies each give the same group their own name, so one group can have many.

### What public reporting says

> COBALT JUNO has operated since at least 2013 and focused on targets located in the Middle East including Iran, Jordan, Egypt & Lebanon. COBALT JUNO custom spyware families SABER1 and SABER2, include surveillance functionality and masquerade as legitimate software utilities such as Adobe Updater, StickyNote and ASKDownloader. CTU researchers assess with moderate confidence that COBALT JUNO operated the ZooPark Android spyware since at least mid-2015. ZooPark was publicly exposed in 2018 in both vendor reporting and a high profile leak of C2 server data. COBALT JUNO is linked to a private security company in Iran and outsources aspects of tool development work to commercial software developers. CTU researchers have observed the group using strategic web compromises to deliver malware. CTU researchers’ discovery of new C2 domains in 2019 suggest the group is still actively performing operations.

## Public reports about COBALT JUNO

- https://www.secureworks.com/research/threat-profiles/cobalt-juno

## Frequently asked questions

### Who is COBALT JUNO?

COBALT JUNO is a threat group. Public reporting about it is still limited.

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