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UNC1549

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UNC1549

G1059IR1 report from 1 vendorยท last reported 2026-05-22

UNC1549 is an Iranian threat actor linked to Tortoiseshell and potentially the IRGC. They have been active since at least June 2022, targeting entities worldwide with a focus on the Middle East. UNC1549 uses spear-phishing and credential harvesting for initial access, deploying custom malware like MINIBIKE and MINIBUS backdoors. They have also been observed using evasion techniques and a tunneler named LIGHTRAIL in their operations.

Vendor aliases (3)

The same group is tracked under different names by different vendors.

VendorName
OSINTNimbus Manticore
OSINTTA455
OSINTCOBALT SMOKEY

MITRE ATT&CK techniques (68)

Indicators of compromise

domainC:\Users
domainSSL.com
domaingetsqldeveloper.com
ipv4146.0.0.0
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hasheee657ffdb2af8ed6412221e7d5fbf4f5742f2ac2c88f43f12db46af0697de71
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hash2c214494fd0bad31473ca8adce78a4f50847876584571e66aadeae70827ec2dc
hashf08b17856616d66492a24dced27f788e235f35f42fa7cd10f315000d3a2f4c03
hasha57ffb819fe8d98ff925c5d7b239598fe302acf5a13193d7a535040a71298fdf
hash63d0d3c4a7f71bdbca720903d6a99b832089cc093c64d2938e7e001e56c17ab4
hash74882085db2088356ed7f72f01e0404a0a98cda88ef56fb15ce74c1f36b26d27
hashbc3b44154518c5794ce639108e7b9c5fecb0c189607a26de1aaed518d890c7ad
hashecaf493c320d201d285ef5f61d75744216e47cf1115b4af528f9a78883cc446e
hash44f4f7aca7f1d9bfdaf7b3736934cbe19f851a707662f8f0b0c49b383e054250
hash0db36a04d304ad96f9e6f97b531934594cd95a5cea9ff2c9af249201089dc864
hash485f182f7b74ea4013b2539275a95d21e3a9bf0082c331937af9353a324b36f3
hash64530d7e6ee30e4a66d9eeed6b8595c33fd72f5f73409133ca40539e5695df4c
hash332ba2f0297dfb1599adecc3e9067893e7cf243aa23aedce4906a4c480574c17
hash9e4a658e6d831c9e9bdfe11884a75b7c64812ed0a80e8495ddf6b316505acac1
hash43dc62cef52ebdd69e79f10015b3e13890f26c058325c0ff139c70f8d8eadcfa
hash8808c794c24367438f183e4be941876f1d3ecd0c8d2eb43b10d2380841d2283b
hash5c3362d20229597d11380f56d1f2eb39647fb6afad7be8392a7abcd18dff12f8
hash0291ef318576953f7f3fe287e7775ed1d7c3206119dc7b9cd6d85c02779e6e40
hashd4a7e9f107fe40c1a5d0139c6c6e25bf6bf57f61feff090bee28f476bb3cc3c2
hash38bd137c672bd58d08c4f0502f993a6561e2c3411773d1ae57ee0151a0a9d11d
hashf54cd38632ac9da3af3533ae93e92625cbcb04df521dbf1b6acfaa81218f9e8c
hashb19e06da580cf91691eda066ac9ee4b09c6e5dc26c367af12660fe1f9306eec4
hash9cf029daca89523d917dafed0568d11d00e45ec96b5b90b4a1f7fd4018c7da84
hasha13ba3c5aff46e9daf2d23df4b3e3d49dc7236c207c56f0a1433051f3450d441
hashdfa1e3137a032ee8561a1cd5e1a0f71a10bebb36aef7c336c878638a9c1239ee
domainbusiness-startup.org
domainbusiness-startup.azurewebsites.net
domainbusinessstartup.azurewebsites.net
domainbuisness-centeral.azurewebsites.net
domainbuisness-centeral-transportation.azurewebsites.net
domainbuisness-centeral-transportation.com
domainlicencemanagers.azurewebsites.net
domainlicencesupporting.azurewebsites.net
domainpeerdistsvcmanagers.azurewebsites.net
domainnanomatrix.azurewebsites.net
domainPremierHealthAdvisory.com
domainPremierHealthAdvisory.azurewebsites.net
domainPremier-HealthAdvisory.azurewebsites.net
domainramiltonsfinance.com
domainramiltonsfinance.azurewebsites.net
domainramiltons-finance.azurewebsites.net
domainglobalitconsultants.azurewebsites.net
domainglobalit-consultants.azurewebsites.net
domainglobal-it-consultants.azurewebsites.net
domainglobal-it-checkers.azurewebsites.net
domainglobal-it-checkbusiness.azurewebsites.net
domainglobal-check-itbusiness.azurewebsites.net
domainglobal-check-business-it.azurewebsites.net
domainglobalbusiness-checkers-it.azurewebsites.net

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Report timeline

Every report in the Global Intel Library that names UNC1549, newest first. Open any report to see the full analysis with provenance.

  1. Check Point2026-05-22
    Fast and Furious โ€“ Nimbus Manticore Operations During the Iranian Conflict
    T1566.001T1574.002T1218T1053.005T1071.001
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Threat feed IOCs (0)

Indicators from free threat feeds (abuse.ch ThreatFox, AlienVault OTX) attributed to UNC1549. Each row shows why it was linked and where it came from.

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Public research & publications (10)

Open-source reports about this actor collected from MISP Galaxy and MITRE ATT&CK.