G1055 · ATT&CK 19.1 group
VOID MANTICORE
[VOID MANTICORE](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1055) is a threat group assessed to operate on behalf of Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS).(Citation: Check Point VOID MANTICORE Handala Hack March 2026) Active since at least mid-2022, VOID MANTICORE has targeted government entities, critical infrastructure, and private sector organizations across Albania, Israel, and the United States.(Citation: Check Point VOID MANTICORE Handala Hack March 2026)(Citation: Palo Alto VOID MANTICORE Iran Cyber Threats March 2026) [VOID MANTICORE](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1055) conducts destructive cyber operations, combining wiper attacks with hack-and-leak campaigns. The group has operated under multiple public-facing personas, including [HomeLand Justice](https://attack.mitre.org/campaigns/C0038) in operations against Albania, Karma and Karma Below in campaigns targeting Israeli organizations, and Handala Hack, its current primary persona, which has claimed activity against Israeli and U.S. entities, including a March 2026 attack against Stryker Corporation.(Citation: Check Point VOID MANTICORE Handala Hack March 2026)(Citation: DOJ FBI Handala Hack March 2026) [VOID MANTICORE](https://attack.mitre.org/groups/G1055) has been observed collaborating with Scarred Manticore, which has been linked to initial access operations preceding VOID MANTICORE’s activity.(Citation: Domain Tools Handala Hack Karma Homeland Justice MOIS April 2026)
Aliases: BANISHED KITTEN, COBALT MYSTIQUE, Handala Hack, Homeland Justice, Karma, Karmabelow80, Red Sandstorm, VOID MANTICORE
Mapped techniques (63)
Cyber Knowledge routes
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Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) · explicit-idModule 3 — Core Frameworks Models
Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) · explicit-idModule 8 — Operationalizing CTI (CTI → Detection)
Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) · explicit-idModule 4 — Detection engineering and detection as code
Blue Team & Defensive Security · explicit-idExploitability validation and laboratory exploit engineering
Vulnerability Research & Exploit Development · explicit-idModule 11 — Email, web, API, data, and insider defense
Blue Team & Defensive Security · explicit-nameBinary formats, ABI, loaders, and mitigations
Vulnerability Research & Exploit Development · explicit-nameEmbedded, firmware, hardware, and update-chain research
Vulnerability Research & Exploit Development · explicit-nameFiles, parsers, serialization, URL fetching, and isolation
Secure Code & Application Security · explicit-nameImages, video, audio, geolocation, chronolocation, and media verification
OSINT & Reconnaissance · explicit-nameInfrastructure, network, resource, and availability security
AI Security · explicit-nameModule 5 — Threat hunting
Blue Team & Defensive Security · explicit-name